David Niven
David Niven
James David Graham Niven was a popular English actor and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, and Sir Charles Lytton,in The Pink Panther. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 March 1910
making-love duration hammocks
Stardom is like making love in a hammock - a happy experience but one of uncertain duration.
choices misunderstood jokes
Tell me that I misunderstood a joke, but don't tell me that my choice of cravat is wrong.
giving doubt care
Do something today that reflects who you are, what you are capable of, what you care about. Give yourself plenty of evidence of what you can do, and you will not doubt your abilities to do anything.
leadership teaching empowering
True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.
drinking champagne
But Champagne is not drinking.
men thinking laughing
Isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?
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Champagne offers a minimum of alcohol and a maximum of companionship.
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Never stop learning and adapting. The world will always be changing. If you limit yourself to what you knew and what you were comfortable with earlier in your life, you will grow increasingly frustrated with your surroundings as you age.
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I've taken up the Bible again, somewhat in the spirit of W.C. Fields - looking for loopholes.
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Dreams don't have an expiration date.
running life-and-love long
A philosopher once noted that people long for immortality but run out of things to do on a rainy afternoon.
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Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end.
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Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch.
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You are not just here to fill space or be a background character in someone else's movie. Consider this: nothing would be the same if you did not exist. Every place you have ever been and everyone you have ever spoken to would be different without you. We are all connected, and we are all affected by the decisions and even the existence of those around us.