"I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working."

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Source : "I Am Your Father: What Every Heart Needs to Know". Book by Mark Stibbe, 2010.

Peter Sellers

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“Soon madness has worn you down. Itâ€™s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no longer know where it ends and you begin. You believe anything it says. You do what it tells you, no matter how extreme or absurd. If it says youâ€™re worthless, you agree. You plead for it to stop. You promise to behave. You are on your knees before it, and it laughs.”
“Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.”
“It will not bother me in the hour of death to reflect that I have been "had for a sucker" by any number of imposters but it would be a torment to know that one had refused even one person in need.”
“Home's the most excellent place of all.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 01, 2009
“When you have it, you spend it. The mistake is to try to spend it when you haven't got it.”
“Competence means keeping your head in a crisis, sticking with a task even when it seems hopeless, and improvising good solutions to tough problems when every second counts. It encompasses ingenuity, determination and being prepared for anything.”

Source : Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.28, Pan Macmillan
“As a football player, you just deal with injuries. It's all part of the football game. I've dealt with injuries as much as everybody else. People have dealt with worse injuries than I've dealt with. It's all part of the game, all part of getting that tackle.”
“I didn't know how serious it is to a female that you lift the lid.”

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