Hugh Mackay Quotes

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

Hugh Mackay

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OpportunityBestChildPossible

As an old creative industry full of cruelty and moral sense, British journalism once flourished on the imperative that people required the truth in order to survive. But people don't require that now. They want sensation and they want it for nothing.

Andrew O'Hagan

TruthCreativePeopleSurviveMoral

One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.

Robert Griffin III

ShoesMeBasketballPlayTennis

Progressive metal is one of the hardest styles of music to pull off live, especially while providing a tasteful show.

Matty Mullins

LiveMusicProgressiveMetalOff

We've got to be delivering young people, and people that are getting reeducated, people who are getting reemployed, into the marketplace with skills to work together, to understand computers, and to be able to be a part of that 21st century economy.

Ann McLane Kuster

WorkTogetherPeopleComputersYoung

An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.

John Tukey

GoodProblemWorthMoreRightDeal

When they asked us what we wanted to be when we grow up, in kindergarten, I always said I wanted to be a farmer.

Rose Namajunas

GrowFarmerSaidAlwaysKindergarten

I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, 'Who is this guy? He's dope!' First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, 'Eh.' He started to get really successful. He wasn't 'mine' anymore.

Russell Peters

TimeHip-HopDopeFirst TimeFirst

There is always the underground rapper people enjoy, and you want to see him come up. That's kind of how it is in wrestling.

Roman Reigns

PeopleEnjoyYouWantKindSee

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line.

Ruben Studdard

KindnessPeopleWeaknessSometimes

In Europe, it's common to hear about young professionals living with their parents. With the continent's high rents and taxes and its population density, it makes sense.

Rosecrans Baldwin

ParentsYoungLivingTaxesHigh

When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing and books have held special places in my heart all my life.

Mike Greenberg

LifeHeartNew YorkParentsWriting

Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett.

Donald Fagen

MeSingerWorseLikeEvenThan

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