Michael Leunig Quotes

The 'economy' became a god such as never before, and a happy, successful society was one that could please this god - sometimes by sacrificing beautiful things - to keep the deity from getting angry and harming the people by withdrawing favours.

Michael Leunig

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GodBeautifulAngryHappyPeople

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry.

Jimmy Buffett

MusicTodayYouProductMissing

If you don't like or care about your job, what's the big deal?

Jessica Cutler

JobCareYouBigDealYour

I have come to an odd belief, which is that we don't make decisions so much as the decisions make us. The goal of a decision isn't just to find the path forward, but to become someone entirely different than who we might have been as a function of the path we take.

Andy Dunn

PathDecisionForwardDecisionsGoal

The only time I've ever taken out a loan is for the building work I had done at our house and I did that by extending the mortgage.

Andrea McLean

WorkTimeBuildingHouseDoneLoan

As a journalist, I interviewed people, and you begin to feel different rhythms in speech, and you can use those things to help carve out a character.

John Sandford

CharacterPeopleHelpSpeechYou

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

Alphonse de Lamartine

HappinessGriefSympathyStronger

Are there moments when I see unrequited crushes or ex-boyfriends slow dancing with their dates and kind of want to stab myself in the spleen with a salad fork? Yeah, sure.

Sloane Crosley

MyselfDeathSlowMomentsWantKind

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.

Mary Astell

RestMoreAlwaysViceWhoHe

I'm humble enough to wait and just chill. I'm having fun just working with these good people, man.

Mike Epps

GoodHumbleManFunPeopleWait

Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.

Monica Raymund

SurvivalLyingCopingDefenseOnly

I made myself unhappy measuring my love against a given norm. The truth is, we make ourselves happy in among a wide variety of loves; all count.

Monique Roffey

LoveTruthMyselfHappyTruth Is

I wouldn't let anyone say a bad word about Cheryl Cole.

Luke Pasqualino

BadSayWordAboutAnyone

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