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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age. I missed it coming and going. - Quote by J.B. Priestley

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age. I missed it coming and going.

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