“The older you get, the more you realize you need a handful of good, close, tight friends.”
Nicole Richie (1981) American television personality, musician, actress, and author
“As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?”
As quoted in "Born Funny" by Margot Dougherty in Reader's Digest (September 2007)
Context: When I didn’t have a family, I was much more of a workaholic … I still like to work, but I also want to be home with them. As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?
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