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"Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples."
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"Personal savings accounts to me are one of the most powerful things, not necessarily in saving, solvency, or bankruptcy of the program, but in guaranteeing, the words I used a few minutes ago, a safe and secure retirement for our seniors."

"Since Social Security faces a large gap between what it promises younger workers and what it can afford to pay them, private savings will likely need to play a larger role in retirement planning for younger workers."

"I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between."

"Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book."

"I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it."

"I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere."

"Why do I need succession planning? I'm very alert, I'm very vibrant. I have no intention to retire."

"There's a lot we can do to improve American's retirement security, but it's wrong to replace the guaranteed benefit that Americans have earned with a guaranteed benefit cut of forty percent or more."

"I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City."

"From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy."
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"Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair."

"Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up."

"It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth."

"I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked."

"First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down."

"If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it."
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