"We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.“

-Jane Fonda

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Jane Fonda quote about age: "We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, yo..."

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