Michael Leunig Quotes
For me, spirit is the impulse towards life, the Eros in a person leaping forward, whereas soul refers to something possibly long.. suffering, where meanings are made, where there is a sense of this gathering of perceptions, that our death is not the most important thing, nor our life.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact.
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I certainly do not support excluding faith from public life.
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I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.
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Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.
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I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
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Not every song has to be about love and tenderness, sometimes you have those strictly physical feelings for somebody and it's okay to have those feelings.
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I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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Sometimes you don't choose the material; the material chooses you.
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My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix.
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You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.
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I had been imprisoned three times and had twice been incarcerated in a madhouse.
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For me, spirit is the impulse towards life, the Eros in a person leaping forward, whereas soul refers to something possibly long.. suffering, where meanings are made, where there is a sense of this gathering of perceptions, that our death is not the most important thing, nor our life.
