Michael Leunig Quotes

It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive.

Michael Leunig

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FearHistoryTimePeopleFreeLived

Prince never, ever mentioned it except to say he wished he was taller so he could play basketball. He was actually a really great basketball player.

Mayte Garcia

GreatBasketballPlaySayNeverHe

The 'Bolton News' is the best place for online comments. They say I'm an absolute idiot and a communist anarchist. I was never an anarchist; I was a communist!

Maxine Peake

BestIdiotPlaceNewsSayNever

What I dislike is conventional realism - a system of gestures, descriptions, psychological revelations that was once a vital way of representing the world but has become hackneyed through endless repetition. I'd argue that a conventional realist isn't a realist at all, but a falsifier of the real.

Steven Millhauser

WorldRepetitionWayBecomeDislike

We always think, 'Well, for a person who's blind, it must be an amazing, joyful miracle if by some chance their sight is restored to them.' Now, this may be true for blind people who lost their vision at a later age. It's rarely true for people who were born blind or who go blind at a very young age.

Rosemary Mahoney

AgeVisionPeopleAmazingChance

I spend a lot more time on my wardrobe than my makeup routine and usually have to be told to brush my hair!

Liz Goldwyn

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Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties.

Loretta Young

ValuePriceEverythingUpWorthwhile

I love playing Jim. I love working with this cast and the opportunity to come back and work with them again was just way too appealing for me. Also, I think this is a great way to wrap up the franchise.

Jason Biggs

WorkLoveOpportunityGreatMeBack

It was like I was Hannah Montana! I was a normal girl from Pittsburgh one minute and then a pop star the next!

Daya

GirlNextNormalStarMontanaPop

My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove it either.

Christopher Hitchens

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I made people laugh as a kid, but that's not how you make a living.

Bob Newhart

PeopleLaughYouLivingKidMade

I was 85 lbs. at my 2000 homecoming dance. But I wanted my collarbones and hip bones to show more. I'd feel my hip bones to make sure they were out. If not, I had more weight to lose. I lost my period until I was 17. I loved that. It meant I wasn't healthy, and I didn't want to be healthy.

Brittany Snow

DanceLovedFeelLoseLostHealthy

My perfect guy wears converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool.

Selena Gomez

DatingCoolWorryPerfectBackGuy

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