Sentence examples for old reply from inspiring English sources

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"For peace and socialism, be prepared!" he said, and the young man gave the old reply: "Always prepared!" Kurt Schmidt never dreamed that he would have a post-retirement career as an Erich Honecker impersonator.

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"Television is not a gimmick," Ailes, who was then twenty-seven years old, replied.

When asked about his £200 daily allowance, the 69-year old replies "it's not for lunch lovie darling, it's paying for this".

Krakauer's question early on to the climbers about why they are doing it in the first place naturally elicits the hilarious group recitation of the age-old reply: "Because it is there!" Yet there is no other, more interesting answer.

"Nah," the 7-year-old replied.

"I'd rather kill myself," the 64-year-old replied.

The 8-year-old replied, "We don't have those; we can spell".

The 3-year-old replied, "All my life I wanted a pair".

Asked if it crosses his mind that he may never win Wimbledon, the 28-year-old replied: "I'm human.

Hey we're all on here for something, one 28-year-old replies without missing a beat.

Asked to name a red block, a 5-year-old replies, "A trapezoid," as if the answer should be obvious.

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