I started boxing at 12, and I was above weight for my age, so they put me in the ring with adults... When you're fighting all the time, it gives you the ability to fight without getting angry. Curtis Jackson abilityadultage Change image and share on social
A glance at the history of European poetry is enough to inform us that rhyme itself is not indispensable. Latin poetry in the classical age had no use for it, and the kind of Latin poetry that does rhyme - as for instance the medieval 'Carmina Burana' - tends to be somewhat crude stuff in comparison with the classical verse that doesn't. James Fenton ageburanacarmina share on social
You get to an age when you lose people close to you. Ciaran Hinds agecloselose Change image and share on social
When I got diagnosed, the more research I did about it - MS overall, as a subject, as a disease - there's a lot of misconceptions and there's a lot of unknowns about it, and there wasn't anyone out that was close to my age or close to anything like me out there. Jack Osbourne ageclosediagnose share on social
As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old, I started yoga. I started working out at an early age. Miranda Kerr activeagebasketball Change image and share on social
I look a lot like my father when he was my age. Troy Garity agefatherlot Change image and share on social
The contextual age means we're going to have to go to war on noise. Robert Scoble agecontextualmean Change image and share on social
Human brains - in terms of cognition and emotion and consciousness - are essentially the same as they were at the time of Shakespeare or Jesus or Cleopatra or the Stone Age. They are not evolving with the pace of change. Matt Haig agebrainchange share on social
I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate. Maajid Nawaz agecharacterfree Change image and share on social
We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate. Jeremy Rifkin agebringdebate Change image and share on social