Hélène Diarra

Quotes

• “Showing public opinion that in retirement, one must give meaning to one's life by creating a new social identity.”
• “In retirement, social life takes on its full meaning because one must rebuild a role in this new stage of life where social codes are no longer the same.”
• “Retirement is a step towards building a new role, a new social identity, and feeling useful in society”
• “Retirement is an upward path that leads to new heights”
• “It's not that I wouldn't have wanted to play young leading ladies! It's simply that I've never been offered roles. I've been playing old women since I was young”
• “I have a knack for old women! When I was young, when I went out into town in my heels, in trousers, some people would say: 'No! We don't understand. It's not possible, you're changing”

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