![The application requisite to the duties of the office I hold [governor of Virginia] is so excessive, and the execution of them after all so imperfect, that I have determined to retire from it at the close of the present campaign.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-application-requisite-to-the-duties-of-the-office-i-hold-governor-of-virgini.jpg)
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retirement fun mean
I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing. Dick Van Dyke
retirement fun careers
I'm really in retirement. My career is over. I'm just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I'm doing what's fun for me.
retirement retired stills
I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired.
retirement sunset mean
Some people say they're retired and it means they have time to do things they want to do. I have always had the privilege to engage in my hobbies as if they were work. And they are. So hobbies are work, but work that you want to do; they are play. Retirement? That sounds like you're going to passively walk into the sunset and disappear. Diane Keaton
retirement thinking ramifications
I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement. Ehud Olmert
retirement vat firsts
Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement Edward Heath
retirement prayer blessed
Blessed are they who, in the calm moments of retirement, of worship, of prayer, of silent waiting, have found that to "the weary and heavy laden " Christ can indeed give rest; that compared with the heavy bondage of the world or the exactions of human systems, His yoke indeed is easy, and His burden is light. Dean Stanley
retirement lessons leisure
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. Abigail Adams
retirement solitude world
That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the secrecy of solitude, or the retirement of a desert. Charles Caleb Colton
virginia sight rose
If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way. Alan Bennett
virginia energy east
I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast. Bob McDonnell
virginia community together
Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship. Bill Jenkins
virginia reason disappear
Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts Brooks Robinson
virginia england homeland
The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland. Billy Campbell
virginia mind salary
The Concord Coalition in Virginia complained about pork projects and wasteful spending in the federal budget. Consider the Senate chaplain's salary. As occupations go, only mind readers in Los Angeles have fewer things to do all day. Argus Hamilton
virginia years steel
Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore rescinded the state's European Heritage Month proclamation for fear it would sound racist. It's too bad. Thus ends a month of celebrating the 400-year progression of our nation's British culture from wood to steel to graphite shafts.
virginia farmers farms
I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers. Barbara Kingsolver
virginia west hillbilly
Deep down, I'm just a West Virginia hillbilly. Brad Paisley
officer tried
Mr. Torres tried to kill Officer Brenda Bermudez.
office remain
One can never tell how long one will have to remain in office as caretaker,
office christ theme
This is the sum; my brethren, preach Christ, always and evermore. He is the whole gospel. His person, offices, and work must be our one great all-comprehending theme Charles Spurgeon
office british shows
I like 'The Office.' I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, I liked the 'Seinfeld' show a lot. I thought that was an awfully good show.
office political president
The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. Deng Xiaoping
office males vote
You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment. Eleanor Clift
officers people police street walking
Getting on the bus, police officers know everybody. People walking down the street know all the players' names. It is fun, but it is a challenge. Jay Wright
office staff
If a person is really sick, you don't want them in the office because you don't want the whole staff to go down.
office way spirit
We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way. Ed Miliband