“There’s no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think o…” — Cary Grant

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“There’s no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.”

Cary Grant · interview

On age, in the form the remark is usually quoted.

Compiled undated on The Ultimate Cary Grant Pages under growing older; no dated primary publication cited.

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