Michael Leunig Quotes
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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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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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.
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Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business.
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I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.
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I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.
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The whole world is out of step, apart from me.
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God alone fully understands what each one of us needs; we make mistakes continually and pray for things which would be harmful to us if we received them. Afterwards we see our mistakes and realize that God is good and wise in not giving us these things, even though we plead ever so earnestly for them.
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And this Feare of things invisible, is the naturall Seed of that, which every one in himself calleth Religion; and in them that worship, or feare that Power otherwise than they do, Superstition.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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A world view is probably an expression of self.
