“I don’t want to get involved again. Men who are older are looking for someone to take care of them. They don’t cook, they don’t clean. By the way, I never cooked, I never cleaned.”
    —96-year-old Emma Shulman, New York-based gerontologist and pioneer Alzheimer’s researcher 

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“I’m always in love, that’s one of my secrets.” — Gloria Vanderbilt, who published an erotic novel at age 85

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"You’re doggone right we’re feisty!"
     —Mintsy Agin, 90, one of 10 Ohio women age 89 and older recently bat mitzvahed together
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"I’m out there on behalf of all the old broads, and I’m proud to be there. Some people are happy about it, some are not
. . . so screw ‘em!"
     —Meryl Streep (February 2009 Radio Times magazine)

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"Why would I lie about my age when there are so many more interesting things to lie about?"
     —journalist Ariel Levy

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"There’s no such thing as a glass ceiling for women. It’s just a thick layer of men." 
     —Laura Liswood, secretary general, Council of Women World Leaders

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