Not an opening line but I always feel a pang in my gut whenever I hear these lines:

The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't

 (Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen by Baz Luhrmann)

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Not an opening line but I always feel a pang in my gut whenever I hear these lines:

*The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't* (Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen by Baz Luhrmann)