Michael Leunig Quotes
The most joyous painting is not done for the art world, it is done for the inner world.
Quotes to Explore
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t0 is blockchain-agnostic so, ultimately, we can use anybody's blockchain.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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I've never abandoned the novel.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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I've done a lot of sci-fi, so I was a little hesitant because you get pigeonholed into that genre and world. But at the same time, I love sci-fi because the women are so strong and independent and smart.
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My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around.
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I've been so blessed to have the opportunities that I've had.
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I have hair that looks like you could just take it off and plug a new style on.
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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
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I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. I am in awe of the ceremony, and winning an Oscar would be the most magical moment of my life. I want to make that speech and hold that trophy and say, 'This is for you, India.' That's the line I have rehearsed for God knows how long. But that has to be for a Hindi language film.
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I go home to Iowa. I call it defrosting my heart. Everyone in Iowa is so simple, a genuine. In this business, sometimes you can get cold-hearted. When I go, even if it's 20 below and snowing, I come back with a warm heart.
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It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
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The most joyous painting is not done for the art world, it is done for the inner world.
