Retired Quotes - Page 18

• Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.

  Fred Rogers

  Senior, College, Differences

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.81, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• If things were half as bad as some people persist in believing, I'd have retired with a bottle of Scotch and a pistol a long time ago.

  Robert Maxwell

  Believe, Scotch, Long

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• I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know?

  Kerry Washington

  Mom, Writing, Students

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• When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.

  Ricky Williams

  Years, Felt

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• Part of the redesign of FEMA is that they have so many people on standby, whether it is a retired nurse or a doctor who will take time off to go exactly where they are needed.

  Ginny Brown-Waite

  Doctors, Nurse, People

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• I've retired a couple of times. It's great, because you can just say, 'Oh, I'm sorry. I'm retired.'

  Bill Murray

  Sorry, Couple, I'm Sorry

  "Bill Murray Is Ready To See You Now". Interview with Dan Fierman, www.gq.com. July 18, 2010.

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• Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

  A. A. Milne

  Happiness, Being Happy, Retirement

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• In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice of Aikido.

  Joseph Jarman

  Art, Buddhist, Practice

  Interview with Jason Gross, www.furious.com. October 1999.

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• The word ‘philanthropy’ brings up an image of somebody who’s had an illustrious career, has retired and is giving to highly established institutions that may or may not have ivy growing up their walls. I personally have felt the need to give philanthropy a reboot.

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

  Wall, Growing Up, Ivy

  "Rebooting Philanthropy in Silicon Valley". Interview with Claire Cain Miller, www.nytimes.com. December 17, 2011.

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• Like many athletes, I played in college for the chance to play in the pros. In the years since I retired, I've come to realize that the education I got in college was for life. I will have it forever and for that I am incredibly grateful.

  Pat Toomay

  Football, Grateful, Athlete

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• The problems of a retired schoolteacher in Duluth are OUR problems. That the future of the child in Buffalo is OUR future. That the struggle of a disabled man in Boston to survive and live decently is OUR struggle. That The hunger of a woman in Little Rock is OUR hunger. That the failure anywhere to provide what reasonably we might to avoid pain is OUR failure.

  Mario Cuomo

  Children, Pain, Struggle

  1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 16 July 1984, San Francisco, CA

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• As a retired educator I have seen first-hand the impact a great education can have on a young person's life. I will always be a champion for public schools, our teachers, and our children.

  Alma Adams

  Teacher, Children, School

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• I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.

  Zane Grey

  Writing, Night, Silence

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• The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

  Tony Benn

  House, Politics, Politician

  In Observer 4 Feb. 1962

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• What kind of country is this where a woman can't weep her heart out on the highways and byways without being tormented by retired bill-brokers!

  Samuel Beckett

  Country, Heart, Bills

  Samuel Beckett (2012). “The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett”, p.168, Faber & Faber

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• War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.

  Amy Goodman

  War, Government, Parades

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• I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Prayer, Moving, Together

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• Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.

  Joey Barton

  Player, English History, Legends

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• People do not retire. They are retired by others.

  Duke Ellington

  People, Age, Aging

  Duke Ellington (1973). “Music is my mistress”, Doubleday Books

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• See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.

  Lauryn Hill

  Reality, People, Needs

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