Retiring Quotes - Page 26

• It had been a great career. I mean, how many guys can say they averaged two points a game in their careers? It's too bad he's retiring too soon. The league is going to miss him. The fans are going to miss him. A real classy person and a great guy.

  Johnny Bucyk

  Real, Mean, Nhl

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• I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.

  Ozzie Smith

  Sports, Thinking

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• I'm a massive movie nerd. That being said, I could retire tomorrow because I wrote this movie 'Goon' and it came out, and it connected and it's a wonderful flick that I think is beautiful and then it had this wonderful life and it means a lot to a lot of people.

  Jay Baruchel

  Beautiful, Mean, Thinking

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• I enjoy being active, but I look forward to the day when I can retire to the Internet.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Looks, Internet, Enjoy

  "This much I know: Daniel Kahneman" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2012.

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• The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play.

  Drew Bledsoe

  Play, Desire, Stills

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• Every morning when I wake up, I make up my mind to solve as many problems, before retiring home

  Aliko Dangote

  Morning, Home, Mind

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• New Rule: Since our new national position on science is, "Screw it, we prefer witchcraft," let's not just retire the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Let's drive it to one of the five stupidest States and have the locals beat it with sticks. Putting it in a museum is too dangerous. Someone could steal it, fly it into space and notice we revolve around the sun.

  Bill Maher

  Museums, Space, Atlantis

  Bill Maher (2011). “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass”, p.162, Penguin

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• Mitt Romney is running for president again. That will be attempt No. 3. Well, everybody needs a hobby. He's almost certainly running, and I'm almost certainly retiring, so I don't care.

  David Letterman

  Running, President, Hobbies

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• A lot of people think I'm retiring, but I've been telling a fib. I've been forced to leave this job because I gave $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation.

  David Letterman

  Jobs, Thinking, People

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• I have certainly not got re-elected to retire, and I shall certainly start trying to push my influence in politics as far as I possibly can

  Kenneth Clarke

  Trying, Politics, Influence

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• I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.

  Barbara Mikulski

  Believe, Office, Voting

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• The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gone. If I had been like Martina Navratilova and my body had let me I would have carried on playing a lot longer.

  Jo Durie

  Decision, Gone, Body

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• You never know, the way technology is going, we might all use the games for scouting by the time I retire.

  Tony Parker

  Technology, Games, Use

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. October 11, 2006.

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• I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Interesting

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• I've interviewed multiple people who know bin Laden... who tend to have a universal picture of what he's like, which is: modest, retiring, unassuming, kind of thoughtful - lots of things that don't fit with a mass murderer, which he is as well.

  Peter Bergen

  Thoughtful, People, Kind

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• My beloved beliebers I'm officially retiring.

  Justin Bieber

  Beloved, Beliebers

  Justin Bieber @justinbieber, twitter.com. December 24, 2013.

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• I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars, grow potatoes, and learn the history of rock through back issues of Creem magazine.

  Kurt Cobain

  Rocks, Yugoslavia, Issues

  The Daily of the University of Washington Newspaper, May 5, 1989.

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• Retiring is getting ready to die.

  Rodger Ward

  Ready To Die, Ready, Dies

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• I hope to be an actor and never retire.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Actors

  "Dominic Monaghan on working with Wild Things' 'beautiful, gentle spiders'". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. January 29, 2013.

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• So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Sports, Thinking, People

  "Zo talks comeback and Wade being NBA MVP" by Sarah Rothschild, blogs.herald.com. August 13, 2008.

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• Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you've finished a job or where you feel like you've mastered it or sort of nailed it... You can never be satisfied. If you're satisfied, it's time to retire.

  Alfred Molina

  Jobs, Thinking, Feelings

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• I want to retire very early, by the time I am 40, and go to live in Italy.

  Louise Mensch

  Want

  "Anything but a kept woman" by Neasa MacErlean, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2001.

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• I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.

  Rebecca Lobo

  Regret, Careers, Wish

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• I don't really think about retiring. I will retire just before people start saying, 'I knew Leonard Slatkin when he conducted well.

  Leonard Slatkin

  Thinking, People, Wells

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• It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective.

  Alicia Sacramone

  Sports, Perspective, Ease

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