"I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now"

-- Bob Monkhouse

#Laughing Quotes #Comedian Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“What got repressed-sometimes viciously repressed-by the strategy-concept makers, consultants, and data gatherers was a consciousness of people and their importance in the creation and execution of any strategy.”

Source : Walter Kiechel (2013). “Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World”, p.13, Harvard Business Press
“I held Nefertiti's body closer to mine, trying to press her spirit into me, to bring it back. But the reign of Nefertiti was finished. She was gone from Egypt.”

Source : Michelle Moran (2007). “Nefertiti: A Novel”, p.452, Broadway Books
“God, thank you for waking me up this morning. I want to embrace every day, however limited my day may be, as a gift from God. I want to live this day to its fullest. I know there are things I can no longer do. I know I am facing daily limitations. But I want to focus on what I can do, not on what I cannot do. So help me God. I know this day will never be repeated. I know I cannot live it over again. Help me to live it to its fullest.”
“In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a form of madness, too”

Source : 1959 Henderson The Rain King, ch.3.
“Our dreams have been doctored.We belong no where. We sail unanchored on troubled seas.We may never be allowed ashore. Our sorrows will never be sad enough. Our joys never happy enough. Our dreams never big enough. Our lives never important enough. To matter..”
“I am starting a collection of only right-hand gloves. Itâ€™s ever so bourgeois to have two.”
“When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is because of him.”

Source : "The Scene" Interview, edition.cnn.com. October 3, 2006.
“All great sages are as despotic as generals, and as ungracious and indelicate as generals, because they are confident of their impunity.”

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