Michael Leunig Quotes

Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes them feel meaningful and alive.

Michael Leunig

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If someone is interested in medicine and also in physics and they like working with people and communicate well with others, I would strongly encourage them.

John Cameron

PeopleMedicineSomeonePhysicsWell

A hundred years ago, of course, the question that the German Composers' Co-operative asked itself sounded a lot more fundamental: How do you create a fair share for those who ensure that works can actually be performed at all?

Johannes Rau

YouCreateMoreFairQuestionYears

This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands.

Meghan O'Rourke

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My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage.

Sonia Sotomayor

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I work in a hospital as a patient transporter to make ends meet for my three kids.

Tom Guiry

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I was a terrible science student, so I could never be a scientist; my mind doesn't work that way. But I've learned to love the stories around science, and I have so much respect and fascination for the people who can make discoveries and find applications. There's a lot of drama there.

Ron Howard

WorkLoveScienceRespectMindFind

Our ministry is debt free and we have not had to beg or plead for finances.

David Wilkerson

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I do like to just have football on, so I will TiVo, like, three or four games for the weekend, and I'll just turn it on when there's no live football on, just to have the background noise.

Christopher Gorham

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My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

Clifton Fadiman

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For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

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Unfortunately, some politicians think they are immune from allegations of ethics abuse.

Bob Beckel

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I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team.

Alisher Usmanov

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