Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

What a man has made himself he will be; his state is the result of his past life, and his heaven or hell is in himself. ”

I do have ambition - I can dress up for a premiere, get in a limousine, but it's not my life. My life is wearing jeans and tennis shoes and travelling on the metro. I have to do that because otherwise my acting is going to be false. ”

My favourite animal is the koala, but his life would be boring. I would rather be a giraffe so that I could contemplate the beauty of Africa. ”

Every place has a story - or a thousand stories. Findery brings places to life, be they where you stand or where you hope to go. ”

I had never understood why the farmlands of the U.S. had been settled in such a sparse and isolated way, whereas the farming communities in Europe seemed closer, more convivial, centered around village life. ”

It's fairly easy to know when you've succeeded because you're kind of hanging on for dear life. It's such an unstoppable juggernaut; you're trying to stay with your head above water because things are moving so fast. ”

At the Olympics, you have almost nothing to lose, but at the Olympic trials, you have everything to lose. You have the last four years of your life to lose. ”

There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you're in a creative sphere, or if you're hungry for experience, then those experiences don't necessarily happen like rungs of a ladder or in a linear way. ”

There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to. ”

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me. ”