Michael Leunig Quotes

Practically every technology that is ever invented is touted as being the new savior, the thing that will bring peace and goodwill to the earth, but immediately it falls into other hands who see it as the opportunity to promote the very opposite.

Michael Leunig

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TechnologyOpportunityPeaceHands

Artists have to be represented properly and paid properly.

Jimmy Iovine

PaidArtistsProperly

Oddly, I feel more protected when I write in Italian, even though I'm also more exposed.

Jhumpa Lahiri

FeelMoreWriteItalianEvenI Feel

We should, as a country, be very concerned about our borrowing cost.

John Delaney

CountryCostBorrowingConcernedOur

Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees.

John Mackey

BusinessEmployeesWeekKindMeet

Little things about the Pilgrims surprised me. For instance, the fact that the first duel in America was fought at Plymouth by two teenaged boys over a girl. The life the Pilgrims led in Holland before coming to America also surprised me.

Ann Rinaldi

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There's all kinds of depictions of black men. You have the Denzel Washingtons and the Will Smiths; that's wonderful, but that doesn't represent everyone. There's a Russell Crowe... well, you know, there's a black Russell Crowe.

Michael Jai White

MenBlackYouKnowWillEveryone

In the '70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white. Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography.

Martin Parr

WorkColorPhotographyYouSerious

I don't need to make political gestures or take steps to get re-elected.

Michel Temer

PoliticalNeedStepsTakeGetMake

I heard Cher say, 'I answer to two people: Myself and God.' I say, 'I only answer to me. I'm not sure I appreciate God's opinion.'

Lisa Lampanelli

GodMyselfPeopleMeOpinionSay

It's fun to be a little bit different in the world, to make a few new trails of your own.

Dennis Weaver

FunWorldNewLittleOwnDifferent

I didn't realize how interesting the place I come from is until I left home and saw how other cultures handled things differently.

Brad Pitt

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When you're having a good time working on something, and you all like each other, it shows in ways that you don't even realize.

Ari Graynor

GoodTimeHaving A Good TimeYou

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