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«Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors [and then] retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper.»
«I never decide whether it's time to retire during training camp.»
Author: Bob Christian | Keywords: retire
«Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.»
«I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.»
«Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Patience | Keywords: put up, retire, retires
«My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel»
«I love it. I don't know if I love it as much as Arnold Palmer, but I think I am close. I can't wait to get up in the mornings because I know I am going out to play golf. The game has been very good to me. Much has been said about when I am going to retire but I never will.»
Author: Lee Trevino (Golfer) | About: Golf | Keywords: Arnold, Arnold Palmer, mornings, Palmer, retire
«Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.»
Author: Louis Armstrong | About: Music, Retirement | Keywords: musicians, retire
«I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.»
Author: Bette Davis | About: Retirement | Keywords: retire
«Nobody knows what the cause is, though some pretend they do; it like some hidden assassin waiting to strike at you. Childless women get it, and men when they retire; it as if there had to be some outlet for their foiled creative fire.»

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