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Jim McKay Quotes

Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their class background. But they're also outsiders in terms of their peer group.

Jim McKay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 24, 1921 - June 7, 2008

Topics

Looks Group Ladder Class Bottom

Growing up South African, I was comparatively in a world of privilege, especially being the youngest and being figuratively wrapped up in cotton wool by the rest of the family.

Jodi Balfour

Family Growing Up World Rest Growing

On the defensive end, I have to do my job.

Joel Embiid

Job End Defensive

It's like those high-school yearbook photos that everyone would rather not see: Oh my God, look at that mullet hair. I have those photos too, but for me, they're, like, entire movies. And they show them on cable.

John Cusack

God Me Hair Look Movies See

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

John Legend

Feel Musicians Competitive Like Many

You don't really get to witness what athletes go through. Like, the sacrifices and stuff like that. It's by far the most amazing, beautiful thing.

Steven Adams

Beautiful Amazing You Go Through

I've lost count of the interviews I've done about my illness and its relationship to my ideas and writing.

Tony Judt

Relationship Ideas Writing Lost Done

You have to keep a strong sense of who you really are - and I have a pretty strong sense of myself. It gets me in trouble when I say this, but I don't think of myself as a politician. I've always tried to be honest when communicating with people.

Rudy Giuliani

Myself People Me Strong Think You

This tension between ambition and parenthood, that's not a reckoning that many men face. There are plenty of men who say, 'Oh, I need to be there for my kids, and I can't do x or y professionally,' but for the most part, that's a struggle that belongs to women in society.

Rumaan Alam

Women Struggle Men Ambition Society

I think anytime you can show different colors and portray something that you haven't had a chance to do is always really refreshing as an actor.

Matt Bomer

Colors Chance Think You Actor Show

There was a stage in my career when I started to have problems with the vanity aspect of the subject. I got frustrated and bored with it. Then I thought, actually, how does it feel to be photographed? That's when I started to photograph myself. That was an incredibly important moment, and it opened up my work tremendously.

Juergen Teller

Work Myself Moment Problems Thought

I'm just going to make the music I love to make, and I'm going to mature with my music.

Jay-Z

Love Music Mature Going Make Just

The insurance of working with a big, already successful franchise just gives you the chance to do other things on a more personal level.

Jason Statham

Chance Insurance You Personal More