Mike Leigh Quotes
My work is about life as you and I experience it. You're either lucky or you're not lucky; either your relationship works or it doesn't.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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I can be a bit extreme. I'll spend too much time running round the park, doing yoga and drinking green tea. I can get a bit obsessive. I have to rein it in sometimes.
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They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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My family understands the pain of struggling with a loved one who's suffering from a blood-related cancer, and we seek to support those who are working to find a cure.
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I've spent a great deal of time over the past decade as a caregiver for various family members. It gives me a perspective on the struggles that many New Yorkers face with illness, disability, health care, insurance difficulties, and trying to work with and also take care of family members.
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I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that's why I wanted to do comedy.
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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With Caavo, you don't have to know the device name, the network name, the service name. Just which show you want to watch, regardless of whether it's live, recorded, downloaded or streaming.
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If you've got people around you that are like, 'Oh, you're so good,' this and that, it becomes unhealthy. My friends are like, 'You look like a doofus.' I'm like, 'Thank you. Thank you for that.' It keeps me grounded.
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I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.
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I've been on tour since I was 16, and I always do meet-and-greets before and after shows, so you kind of build these friendships with people. I have girls come up to me and tell me exactly what's going on in their love lives.
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If a job fell from Heaven that was in America, I'd have a go, but I don't feel compelled to go and hunt it down.
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I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!
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The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.
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I'm finding that I tend to be one of those people who gets into very committed, long-term relationships, and then I really focus on that relationship and not so much myself.
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Philips is a very large Dell customer, and we have a very strong relationship that will continue in a variety of ways.
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It's vital to have your own space so you aren't constantly in each other's pockets.
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I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful.
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My work is about life as you and I experience it. You're either lucky or you're not lucky; either your relationship works or it doesn't.
