Hugh Mackay Quotes

The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?

Hugh Mackay

Recitation: by Male by Female

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EducationCultureFightActionGoal

Small companies tend to go out of business. Large ones don't.

Aneel Bhusri

BusinessSmallGoOutLargeTend

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Ambrose Bierce

GreatWorldPrincipalFaiths

I always had a dissociative disorder. But I healed from it over the course of 14 years of big-time therapy. But, you know, I mean, everybody's kind of loony now. So I was kind of a pioneer in the mental illness thing, too.

Roseanne Barr

YouKnowNowKindMental Illness

People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.

Mike Ditka

TimePeopleWinMotivationExcuses

You can't be elected president without passing though Iowa and bowing down before corn-based ethanol, before agricultural subsidies. I mean, even McCain was a critic of ethanol, but when he got to Iowa, he was singing a different tune.

Michael Pollan

SingingYouDownPresidentMeanGot

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.

Lou Barletta

ServicePeopleCitySmallBudget

I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.

Chris Massoglia

GoodFriendsHelpTryingDreamOut

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.

Brenda Ueland

MistakesGoNextAshamedConceited

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

Peter Ustinov

NatureFaithDemocracyCorruption

You don't teach information in a writing workshop.

Tobias Wolff

WritingYouInformationTeach

For sheer excitement, a weekend in New York is unbeatable. Arrive on Friday morning, leave on Monday night, and don't worry about jet lag - just buzz for four days.

Tim Pigott-Smith

MorningNew YorkMondayNightFriday

The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.

James Mercer

MusicKnowModernPopHip HopHip

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