But you know that when the truth is told, that you can get what you want, or you can just get old.

Billy Joel

Vienna

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Topic

Being assertive Aging

Speaker

Billy Joel

Source

Vienna

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Singer-songwriter Musician

From

United States

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Citation

Joel, Billy. "Vienna." The Stranger. Columbia Records, 1977.

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I live in a rather special world. I know only one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are I don't know. They're outside my ken. But sometimes when I'm in a theater I can feel them.

Pauline Kael

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Topic
Living in a bubble American politics
Speaker
Pauline Kael
Language
English
Time
1972 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Kael, Pauline. Quoted in "Critics Here Focus on Films As Language Conference Opens." Written by Israel Shenker. The New York Times, 28 Dec. 1972. Originally stated in a lecture at the Modern Language Association, Dec. 1972.

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You and I are past our dancing days.

William Shakespeare

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Dancing Youth vs. old age Aging
Speaker
Capulet

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Romeo and Juliet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 5.