I suppose the first big shift in my life was when, at the age of 8, my father left my mother, leaving her alone with two daughters to bring up. That taught me the importance of women being financially independent. You never know what might happen. Cherie Blair agebigbring share on social
About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas. Mary Chapin Carpenter agebearmove Change image and share on social
If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age. Freya Stark agefaithhand Change image and share on social
Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport - I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL and had to stop playing. Josh Hartnett aclagefocus Change image and share on social
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. Hesiod agedeadlyflee Change image and share on social
People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart. Sam Taylor-Wood agecolourgender share on social
I played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of the characters I play, but I'm fine with that, and I've certainly never envied people who became hugely famous when they were young. Paul Giamatti agebackcharacter share on social
Treating an age group as a demographic requires coming up with something that's common to every single one of them. Right?... So it's reductionist in that it reduces an entire segment of civilization down to one person with one habit. Douglas Rushkoff agecivilizationcome share on social
I think music is so diverse today, and bands are so diverse. If you were a rock band in the Eighties, you kind of had to stick to one thing. Now, in this age of Coachella and European festivals and stuff, it's kind of anything goes, so that allowed us to try different things. Dexter Holland ageallowband share on social
Don't allow old traditions to become permanent mental scripts for managing your life in the present. Reason: you will not be able to transform yourself to think differently and be better as you grow with age and maturity. Darren L Johnson agedifferentlygrow share on social