Michael Leunig Quotes

How many times have I heard people say, 'I became very ill a couple of years ago; it got very serious, and I look back and give thanks for how it changed me and the truth I found.'

Michael Leunig

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TruthPeopleMeLookBackSerious

The injury that ended my time in football turned out to be serendipitous. I tore my Achilles while training for a pending tryout with the New York Giants, and when it snapped, so did my career, basically. That's what led me to gain the confidence to get into the acting world on my own terms.

John David Washington

ConfidenceTimeFootballTrainingMe

Getting trapped back in the '80s, it's almost like a comic nightmare, which for me is a very real nightmare. Every time I flip through the cable, I have flashbacks.

John Cusack

TimeMeBackTrappedRealThrough

It's strange to play outdoors, especially in the daytime. But we're figuring it out. The rules are different for festival shows - how you talk to the crowd, how you can try to get them involved. Things are just a little different, and I think we've learned to adapt our show.

Andrew Dost

OutdoorsThinkYouRulesPlayAdapt

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.

Maya Angelou

RealityLearnYouTeachAnything

I do acupuncture. Because it really helps. It is the opposite of Botox. Botox blocks, and acupuncture moves.

Monica Bellucci

OppositeBecauseBotoxAcupuncture

The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.

Mira Sorvino

LoveGameNameYouSayWill

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Douglas MacArthur

GreatI AmSecurityNationWithin

With Net Neutrality, the level playing field that gave us Google, YouTube and eBay when they were start-ups would suddenly start to tilt in favor of the big, established players.

Chellie Pingree

StartGoogleYouTubeBigPlayingUs

There are times I felt insecure or not sure: I'm unsure of myself, or I get nervous, but nerves are good. I try and embrace all those things. I try and embrace the times where I'm not sure of myself or I'm like, 'Is this going to work? Is this going to land?'

Chelsea Handler

WorkGoodMyselfNervousLandTry

I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I've always thought it isn't that different from everybody else's.

Brian Eno

TrustThoughtDoneAlwaysTaste

It's not me to toot my horn. The minute you toot your horn, it seems like society will try and disconnect your battery. And if you do not toot your horn, they'll try their darnedest to give you a horn to toot, or say that you should have a horn.

Chuck Berry

MeSocietyYouSayWillTry

I'm more interested in character than events. I've observed that about myself as a writer. I find events, even the most dramatic sort, not to be such fertile ground.

Alice McDermott

CharacterMyselfFindMoreEvents

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