I've never been interested enough to have a career trajectory. I've never had any ambition or thought of what I should be doing or had any idea of what I'd like to do. Never. And still don't. And if something comes along, I say 'Fine.'
Interpretation
The quote reflects a lack of traditional ambition and an acceptance of life's unpredictable path.
Joanna Lumley expresses a unique perspective on life and career, suggesting that she has never felt the need to follow a structured career path or have clear ambitions. Instead, she embraces spontaneity and is open to whatever opportunities arise, highlighting a philosophical approach to existence that values acceptance over ambition.
In practice
During a career advice seminar to illustrate that not everyone follows a traditional path.
My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.
Way back in the 1970s, I was eating a steak, and I looked down, and for the first time it suddenly looked like flesh to me - like a dead creature. In a flash, I realized that every time I ate any kind of meat, something had been killed for me, and I stopped eating all animals, not just cows and pigs but chickens and fish.
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.
We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time. God manifests Himself everywhere, in everything - in people and in things and in nature and in events ... The only thing is we don't see it ... I have no program for this seeing. It is only given. But the gate of heaven is everywhere.
We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.
one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.
That's what fantasies are for, to help us imagine that things are better than they are.
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