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How young is too young? Rich democracies give different answers, depending on the context: in New Jersey you can buy alcohol at 21 and cigarettes at 19, join the army at 17, have sex at 16 and be tried in court as an adult at 14.

Unable to reach any conclusion about what art is, he turns instead to what it is not.

Changing a face can change nothing, but facing a change can change everything

Nothing ages faster than yesterday's dreams of tomorrow.

90% of the brain develops between the ages of zero to five, yet we spend 90% of our dollars on kids above the age of five

Kids not born in the '90s, also didn't have kids in the 2010s. It's the echo of the echo.

Bankers typically make money by charging a higher rate for loans than they pay to depositors: the so-called 3–6–3 model (borrow at 3%, lend at 6% and be on the golf course by 3pm).

James Bond films are almost always the same: Bond is sent to an exotic location, meets and seduces a woman, gets caught by the villain, escapes, kills the villain and gets the girl.

The painter was also a shrewd businessman; he mixed indigo and madder to replicate the effect of the period's most expensive pigment, Tyrian purple, which was extracted from sea snails and worth more than its weight in gold.

Such schmaltzy songs as "White Christmas", "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Let it Snow" were all by Jewish musicians.