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If you're retired, it's a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you want to do, it's not a blessing as all - it's a curse.

— Pat Benatar

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over.

— Michael Douglas

Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.

— Patrick Macnee

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

— Ludacris

I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.

— Emmylou Harris

It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling.

— Al Gore

I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement.

— Kim Cattrall

I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work. In fact, I'm offered so much good stuff that it's not so occasional.

— Michael Caine

✗Opposing Perspectives

Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.

— S. Truett Cathy

When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please.

— Tom T. Hall

Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether.

— Mike Wallace