“Having a situation where you have got in conflict with your suppliers all the time is not a great place to be.” Quote by Ian McLeod
“We were very - we were a working family, and my father had this very simple philosophy, simple working class approach. If you spoke to my father and said, "Mr Smith across the road, what do you think of Mr Smith?", he'd only - he'd only say a couple of words. He'd say, "He's a worker", and that meant this bloke got up in the morning, went out, worked, brought his money home, fed his wife and kids, housed them, got them to school, educated them, made sure they were safe and all that. It had so much connotations to it.” IfsThinkingMadeSaidPhilosophyHomeKidsSchoolFatherSimpleClassMorningWifeCoupleSafeApproachWorkersEducatedSpokesFedsWorking ClassConnotationBlokes Author:Warren Mundine
“My father was an old - fashioned bloke, and he actually told me one day, "I'm not your friend, I'm your father. My job is to bring you up, give you values for life and to ensure that you carry those values through."” GivingJobsValuesFatherOne DayOld FashionedBlokes Author:Warren Mundine
“Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.” InspirationalNeedsHelpingHandsAdviceLeavingHelping OthersCheerEncouragingCheer UpHelping Each OtherHelpfulness Book:Health & Wealth Source: Health & Wealth
“If I told my parents that I was going to do that [ to be really counsel to a Prime Minister] when I was kid, they would probably put me in therapy.” IfsKidsParentMinistersTherapyPrimePrime Minister Author:Warren Mundine
“I become quite inhibited particularly when I do comedy, I won't - there's a whole thing of allowing an audience in and if you - if you cover yourself with a mask of, kind of, severity, which I'm quite good at doing, that's masking fear of course, then people feel shut out.” PeopleIfsFeelsKindWholeCoursesAudienceComedyMaskOver YouAllowingSeverity Author:Ian McLeod
“In some roles you do get into a mode of terror. It's always very frightening - the first audiences are frightening.” FirstsRolesAudienceTerrorFrightening Author:Ian McLeod
“A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and our forgotten families.We will not leave anyone behind.” PeopleHelpingGovernmentBehindsDutyForgottenDisabilityIndigenousIndigenous PeoplePeople With Disabilities Author:Warren Mundine
“In comedy, it's very, very important to be able to open up so that people feel they're included.” PeopleFeelsImportantAbleComedy Author:Ian McLeod
“Quite often I play roles that require quite a degree of emotional exposure, and they can be very difficult to do.” PlayDifficultRolesEmotionalDegreesExposure Author:Ian McLeod