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Posted on 07/01/2006 7:35:41 AM PDT by Bon mots
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07/01/2006 7:35:44 AM PDT
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Bon mots
To: Bon mots
Henry Miller was 40 when he wrote *Tropic of Cancer*
To: Bon mots
I married the man of my dreams when I was 38 and our marriage is perfect. Does that count?
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:38:13 AM PDT
by
Hildy
(Change calls the tune we dance to.)
To: Paul Heinzman
Henry Miller was 40 when he wrote *Tropic of Cancer* Yes! Thanks!
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:39:30 AM PDT
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Bon mots
To: Bon mots
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:42:05 AM PDT
by
xrp
(Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
To: Hildy
I married the man of my dreams when I was 38 and our marriage is perfect. Does that count? Sorry, you're way too young.
Come back when you're bigger kid!
;-)
(Success isn't only measured in dollar$ and cents.)
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:43:19 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: Hildy
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:44:00 AM PDT
by
b9
("the [evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat Party] alternative is unthinkable" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: Bon mots
"In 1994, George Foreman once again went for the world championship, after Michael Moorer had beaten Holyfield for the IBF and WBA titles. Foreman was trailing badly on all scorecards when he suddenly knocked out Moorer in the 10th round on November 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada. With this, Foreman broke two records: He became, at the age of 45, the oldest fighter ever to win the world Heavyweight crown, and, 20 years after losing his world title for the first time, he broke the record for the fighter with the most time in between one world championship run and the next."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:44:07 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Hildy
The most successful people who made it after 40 are the "little people"...not the "big" people.
Like myself, many others have sacrificed most of their younger years to try to bring a business to life and subsequent success. The size of the business is not necessarily the definition of success. It is the fact that someone poured their heart and soul into what they thought would come to fruition and generate them a comfortable living for the rest of their lives...and to actually that.
That's success! Rich people getting richer is not.
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:45:00 AM PDT
by
DH
(The government writes no bill that does not line the pockets of special interests.)
To: Bon mots
Kirk Kerkorian comes to mind; his true success began with the sale of his small charter airline service at age 52.
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:45:01 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Bon mots
Phew! I'm 32. I don't have to consider myself a failure yet, because I didn't finish writing my book yet.
To: Bon mots
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:45:43 AM PDT
by
posterchild
(Fresh out of compassion. How about some limited government?)
To: Bon mots
Many of us have been successful by finding a life that we love. Getting away from the "grind" and finding a more peaceful life has been my treasure.
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:45:46 AM PDT
by
wizr
(John 3:16 & 17)
To: Bon mots
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:46:23 AM PDT
by
patton
(...in spit of it all...)
To: DH
Correction: and to actually that.
and to actually watch that happen.
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:46:39 AM PDT
by
DH
(The government writes no bill that does not line the pockets of special interests.)
To: Bon mots
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:48:18 AM PDT
by
Hildy
(Change calls the tune we dance to.)
To: xrp
Go buy this book Thanks!
So my list now expands to include:
- Harvey Tauman
- Alex Haley
- Morgan Freeman
- Judy George
- Henry Ford
- George Foreman
- Mary Kay Ash
- Ian Fleming
- K.T. Oslin
- King Camp Gillette
- Jean Nidetch
- Margaret Rudkin
- Abraham Lincoln
- Harry Truman
- John Glenn
- Maggie Kuhn
- Mother Jones
- Mother Teresa
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:48:25 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: Bon mots
To: Bon mots
How old was Ronald Reagan when he got in politics?
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posted on
07/01/2006 7:53:51 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic Lies posing as journalism)
To: Bon mots
Ronald Reagan was in his fifties when he started his real career as a politican. Vince Lombardi was 45 when he took the head coaching job with the Green Bay Packers. George Patton was 60 when he took over command of the 2nd Armored Division, and all of his noted work came after that. Teddy Roosevelt, the youngest man ever to hold the office of President, was 43 when he took office. Michelangelo was about forty when he did his celebrated sculpture of Moses, and continued working until his death when he was 89. Leonardo da Vinci was in his forties when he did the Last Supper and his fifties when he completed the Mona Lisa. Claude Monet was in his sixties when he did his "Water Lilies" paintings. Neil Armstrong was 16 days from his 40th birthday when he stepped on the moon (born on August 5, 1930, stepped on moon July 20, 1969).
There are a zillion more examples.
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