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Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap. – Simone de Beauvoir

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There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. – Peter Drucker

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I try to treat each evening and weekend as little slices of retirement because no one is guaranteed a lengthy one at the end of their career. – Mike Hammar

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A person can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days. – Johann von Goethe

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When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income. – Chi Chi Rodriguez

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