16th Birthday Quotes

• In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

  George Harrison

  Happy Birthday, Friends, Funny Birthday

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• It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

  Stevie Nicks

  Birthday, Mom, Song

  "A Three-Way with Stevies Williams, Nicks, and Wonder". Interview with Brayden Olson, www.vice.com. August 15, 2012.

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• On Sofia Coppola's 16th birthday, way back in 1987, I stole a lip gloss from her Sistine Chapel of a bedroom. Years later, I left a Chanel lip gloss in the reception of the Mercer Hotel for her. You know why? I believe that you've got to fix your karma.

  Courtney Love

  Karma, Believe, Years

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• I went to George Washington High School for six months before my 16th birthday, when I could legally quit. That was an even worse experience than the Catholic schools. I mean, they were still teaching fractions. But mostly, I played hooky.

  George Carlin

  Teaching, Mean, School

  Source: reprints.longform.org

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• I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.

  Jesse Plemons

  Guitar, Littles, Bits

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The day before my 16th birthday I got my guitar.

  Stevie Nicks

  Birthday, Guitar

  "Stevie Nicks in Her Own Words". Interview with Cynthia McFadden, abcnews.go.com.

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• It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do-write songs and sing them to people. [...] Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was.

  Stevie Nicks

  Mom, Song, Dad

  "A Three-Way with Stevies Williams, Nicks, and Wonder". Interview with Brayden Olson, www.vice.com. August 15, 2012.

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• I got comments about being too small, too short, there haven't been any Asian players and who am I to go out there and turn pro before my 16th birthday? And that's all good and fine. People want to have their comments and their opinions. Ultimately, you do what you believe in your heart. I think for me, things turned out OK.

  Michael Chang

  Believe, Heart, Player

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• I spent my 16th birthday high as a kite, jumping out of a tree topless in my local park just because it felt amazing hitting the ground.

  Florence Welch

  Jumping, Tree, Hitting

  "What will Florence Welch say next - and will we understand it?" by Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2012.

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• I grew up with guns. For my 16th birthday, in fact, I received a .357 instead of a car. But there was nothing playful about them; they were tools.

  Benjamin Percy

  Gun, Car, Tools

  "The Infectious Benjamin Percy". Interview with Jennifer Sky, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 6, 2013.

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