"If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward."

-- Victor Borge

#Happiness Quotes #Laughter Quotes #Joy Quotes

“You do it with your own two hands, so there's a sense of pride. You really do forget all our problems, because you're focusing on the food.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would have won. I was training like a crazy person. There was a lack of self-confidence and a lack of maturity. An athlete does not only train with his body. He trains with his mind.”
“I didn't want to move or act like a rich man. I wanted to dance in a pair of jeans. I wanted to dance like the man in the streets.”
“But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-' 'Are all very well for common people.”
“Lemberger's stories are marvelous compounds of scholarship, imagination and empathy. Brought to life with rich historical detail, these biblical women, sidelined and silenced for centuries, prove to be audacious, utterly relatable, and spellbinding companions.”
“Greatness is never appreciated in youth, called pride in midlife, dismissed in old age, and reconsidered in death. Because we cannot tolerate greatness in our midst, we do all we can do destroy it.”
“Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.”

Source : Alan Cumming (2014). “Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir”, p.32, Canongate Books
“I love doing what I do. I'm a born mentor. I've launched so many people's careers. I worked hard.”

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