Time & hindsight

What became visible only after your working life slowed down or ended?

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I. M. Pei Architect; Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
In 1990 I retired from my firm, I.M. Pei & Partners, and for two years I didn't do much. Then I started to get kind of antsy, so I decided, I'm going to do some more work. And I chose to do work outside the U.S. because I've spent 45 years here and I wanted to learn more about what's happening in the rest of the world.
Recorded Robert Ivy, Architectural Record interview, New York, 1 June 2004 source ↗
Steve Martin Comedian, actor and writer
I ignored my stand-up career for 25 years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One can have, it turns out, an affection for the war years.
Recorded Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, 1588896000 source ↗
Freddie Hubbard Jazz trumpeter and composer
Now, it's been very hard for me to accept that. I never - I felt like - I always felt like I could blow it and nothing would never happen until this happened. So now, it's - no matter how hard I practice, it just seem like I can't do the plays I did.
Recorded Tony Cox, NPR News & Notes, 1228089600 source ↗

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