When you are around 60, there are certain things that are completely terrifying. One of them is that you have made the wrong choices in life, and now it's too late to do anything about them.
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Related 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON I never made beats to make beats; I only made them when there was a record to make them for. That... RICK RUBIN There are things you do when you're writing that are so fun to do it's almost like they'... CHAD HARBACH There's just certain things you don't think about to enjoy a film. Bullets in space are one ... MAGGIE GRACE You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the ... NORA EPHRON What you do when you don't have to do it will determine what you are when it's too late to do anythi... UNKNOWN Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about kno... K. D. LANG When I said confront, I meant that you need to confront the reality of your situation. You've made c... CHARLOTTE HUANG Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE When you're young - when I was young - you want your emotions to be like the ones you read about in ... JULIAN BARNES There are certain sacred things in my life that I would never talk about. Because they are clear in ... HEATHER ARMSTRONG You are the architect of your life. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, ... LARS VON TRIER There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and ... JACK WELCH In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL There is so much you are capable of doing, but you will never know until you try SOTONYE ANGA Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand. LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS Sometimes I get extremely disturbed with the things that are written. But you can't do anything ... 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J. COTRONA Experience is something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it... ANON. Experience is something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it... SOURCE UNKNOWN I think the problem I have with films is that, because there's so much hype around them, they be... HANS MATHESON There are certain things that you have to do to play that position, GARY PINKEL Yes, boys are a little like shoes. Why? Well...They can be useful. But mainly...They are nice to loo... RACHEL HILL The fact is that you have choices you can make. It just just may be you are not a big fan of
most of... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE I feel there's a power in theatre, but it's an indirect power. It's like the relationshi... TONY KUSHNER The big relationships you make in your life are with those that you love and if things do go wrong t... MICHAEL MORPURGO Pitt is a neck-up team, in that they 'think' when they are on the court, and they put themselves in ... LAURIE PIRTLE It's interesting when you're old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your pa... ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something r... DENISE MINA It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are milli... KATE BUSH You are more focus when you confront. SUNDAY ADELAJA My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother ... SAFFRON ALDRIDGE You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think ... DARREN ARONOFSKY That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you d... LARS VON TRIER No one has free will until they are an adult, and by then the choices that were made for them, have ... J.D. STROUBE One of the things I like best about 'Biggest Loser' is being around people who are trying to... ALISON SWEENEY My work is all about how we consume. To me it's important to know where things come from. Genera... CHRISTIEN MEINDERTSMA Life is supposedly filled with paths that enable unlimited choices, but that is a blatant lie. No on... J.D. STROUBE When people around you do not support your personal growth and reinvention, it doesn’t mean you ar... SUSAN C. YOUNG There's always a Justin Bieber. Ever since I've been around, there's always been one of ... KID ROCK You know those things that you throw the twigs into and it spits them out? That's what I do. The... STEVEN WRIGHT Women need to know why you do certain things on the field and the theory behind it. Not just that yo... BARRY CARTER I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a certain time you are no age but you ... BOB GELDOF If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices tha... KATHY MATTEA Hollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix i... PAULA HAWKINS Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those ... HARRISON FORD There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. HEISENBERG There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. WERNER KARL HEISENBERG 'Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, ... KATIE LEUNG When you grow up in one town and your life revolves around it, you are very aware of any darkness on... MELISSA ETHERIDGE There are so many things to do when you have to do them all by yourself. FRANK HSIEH I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that a... ETHAN SUPLEE Too many talk about a company's leadership, referring to the senior most executives in the organ... TRAVIS BRADBERRY It was kind of strange playing with these guys. They are your enemies when you are playing them the ... ANDREW SHICK Ever since I was a little girl, I've worried too much. It always bothers me because sometimes yo... PENELOPE CRUZ There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and bein... SHERILYN FENN When you have the strength to stand up for yourself ,the ones you love and the dignity and honor to ... GARY F EVANS... We have this weird thing in the world where you don't get insulted for what you do, you get insulted... JOHN GREEN Are you a stupid sheep in the flock or a free eagle in the sky? Look at the mirror, what are you? Ar... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Dogme is like leading a religious life, in that you are freeing yourself from making certain choices... SUSANNE BIER It is about loss and dealing with regret. You have to tell people how you feel about them and deal w... SHAWN MILLER It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen ye... BETTY FORD One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And c... GEORGE LUCAS We often joke about men moaning about being ill, whether it's man flu or anything else. We want ... MATT HAIG In your life you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to th... C.S. LEWIS
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