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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Retirement

"People look at things differently. Imagine going to a village in Southern Sudan and try to explain to someone there the concept of life insurance or retirement. Go to Vietnam and say retirement. Retirement in another country is your body is too racked with pain and your hands are too arthritic from the life in the rice patty fields, so you can't work anymore. So you move in with your son and his new wife takes care of you because that's how families work there."

Country Pain Retirement
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Barack Obama Politician
Retirement

"If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own a home, not go bankrupt because you got sick, 'cause you've got some health insurance that helps you deal with those difficult times; that you can send your kids to college; that you can put some money away for retirement. That's all most people want. Folks don't have unrealistic ambitions. They do believe that if they work hard, they should be able to achieve that small measure of an American dream."

Believe Dream Retirement
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William Butler Yeats Poet, Playwright
Retirement

"but one loses, as one grows older, something of the lightness of one's dreams; one begins to take life up in both hands, and to care more for the fruit than the flower, and that is no great loss perhaps."

Dream Flower Retirement
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Lee Johnson Unknown
Retirement

"Just because society has done things the same way for many years, that's no reason to continue doing them. Women will be the harbingers of retirement transformations going forward and will be more creative and humanistic in the process."

Years Creative Retirement
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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
Retirement

"I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement, making political pursuits yield to the more rational amusement of cultivating the earth."

Peace Hope Retirement
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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
Retirement

"Here, the certain temple rule, this seems to me to have a certain responsibility to look after the well-being of society and look after Buddhism and culture. I consider these part of the practice of spirituality. There is no competition between spiritual practice and party politics. That is outdated. We already, since 2001, have elected political position. My position is semi-retired. I am looking forward to complete retirement."

Spiritual Party Retirement
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Barack Obama Politician
Retirement

"This is the defining issue of our time. This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class."

Country Home Retirement
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Barack Obama Politician
Retirement

"It's a generational project just to get America to live up fully to its ideals and to have the kind of society where everybody has a shot, and every kid is getting a good education, and people are getting living wages, and they have decent retirement."

Kids America Retirement
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Barack Obama Politician
Retirement

"When I think about what I'm going through, as President, it doesn't compare to what the folks that I'm representing are going through. They're losing jobs. They're trying to figure out how to pay their medical bills. They've seen retirements suddenly dissipate because of what's happening in the stock market. And so as tough as the job might be, and the politics of Washington can sometimes be I'm always reminded of how fortunate I am to be here, and what an extraordinary responsibility I have to try to deliver on some of the promises that I made during the election."

Thinking Responsibility Retirement
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Paul Ryan Politician
Retirement

"So, in Europe, they're cutting people's retirement and health benefits. And that's what we want to avoid from happening. They're raising taxes, entering a recession. That's the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place."

Cutting Europe Retirement
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Paul Ryan Politician
Retirement

"The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage."

People Children Retirement
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Prince Fielder Baseball Player
Retirement

"I thought it might be a cool thing [food show] to do when I retired a few years later. Then retirement came slightly prematurely."

Years Might Retirement
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Prince Fielder Baseball Player
Retirement

"It was pretty hard to actually have to say the words with my teammates, my wife and my boys there. I realized it was going to happen before that day [I announce retirement], but to have to announce it and talk about in front of a lot of people was tougher than I expected. I'm glad that feeling has kind of gone away. That sadness hasn't lingered."

Boys Sadness Retirement
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Patty Murray Politician
Retirement

"The Presidents plan to privatize Social Security would actually take away guaranteed benefits and put the promise of a secure retirement in jeopardy."

President Promise Retirement
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