Mike Leigh Quotes

Life is about luck and it's about circumstances and socioeconomic conditions and all the rest of it, but you know, you can also make choices. It's about spirit and generosity and all the other things, too.

Mike Leigh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 20, 1943

Topics

LifeGenerosityLuckChoicesRest

You don't want to come in and be phony and be someone you're not.

Jimmy Garoppolo

SomeoneYouWantPhonyCome

I think when you have your hair and makeup done, and there is good lighting, and you love your outfit - I think that's when you feel most sexy. But also, I think when you are working and people are complementing you, that you are doing a good job.

Joanna Krupa

LoveGoodJobPeopleHairMakeup

Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.

John Boyne

PastPeopleThinkEnoughLongYou

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

John Mayer

HopePeopleMeThinkNameEnough

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money.

John Hickenlooper

MoneyPeopleYouMoreHighBecause

My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned that the more I collaborate, like by having someone do a soundtrack to one of my books, the more I see my own work differently.

Jeff Vandermeer

WorkMotherArtStrongChooseSee

It seems like I have been fighting someone, something, someplace, in some manner, my whole life.

Roddy Piper

LifeFightingSomeoneSomethingBeen

I think what separates me from the candidates is the fact that I have a proven track record of being a fighter. A fighting for what people believe in, whether it is popular or not. Despite the opposition, I stand true. Because people know that I will do what I say. And that I say what I do.

Michele Bachmann

PeopleMeBelieveThinkFighting

Only Congress can treat the gaping wound that is our broken immigration system.

Jared Polis

BrokenTreatImmigrationCongress

We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall.

Joko Beck

BlessingThinkTroubleUnderstand

I did not work out while I was pregnant. I felt like I was having symptoms of a heart attack every time I worked out, so I enjoyed eating like a third grader and gained 55 pounds!

Diane Farr

WorkHeartTimeEatingOutAttack

I want my children to have fantastic memories of their growing years, so I try to be as much a part of their lives as possible.

Debra Stephenson

GirlTimeDayMemoryMeWorld

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