The onslaught of new and complex information, the academic and thinktank cults of expertise, not to mention the impossibility of bohemia in the age of high rents, have conspired to assassinate the public intellectual. Pankaj Mishra academicageassassinate share on social
I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself. Cameron Diaz accustomagebig share on social
I had dance training from a very young age, 3 or 4... It taught me how to present myself, about preparation and working in an ensemble, and it's something that carries with me to this day. Michelle Dockery agecarrydance Change image and share on social
Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth. Navjot Singh Sidhu ageextinguisherfire Change image and share on social
A good autobiography is like a document: a mirror of the age on which people can 'depend.' In a novel, by contrast, it's not the facts that matter, but precisely what you add to the facts. Imre Kertesz addageautobiography Change image and share on social
The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore. Ron Perlman ageanymorearrive Change image and share on social
I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging. Jamie Lee Curtis ageagingback Change image and share on social
I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age. Rita Dove ageapprehensivefear Change image and share on social
It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct, because there's an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others. Maggie Smith ageaudienceawful Change image and share on social
I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then with middle age, something happens and you go into the wilderness. Jeffrey Tate agebangcareer Change image and share on social