#thou

Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#australians #because #communicate #culture #effectively

I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public. ↗

— Andrea Mackris

#focus #go #i #intent #mean

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#experience #gained #given #how #ideas

We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing. ↗

— William H. Macy

#emotionally #even #free #huge #huge thing

When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then. ↗

— William H. Macy

#ever #fargo #first #first time #going

Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough "facts" and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#called #come #cooks #could #enough

As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#capable #countries #expect #i #i think

The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#architects #beautiful #been #beltway #boom

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. ↗

— James Madison

#chimerical #form #government #happiness #idea

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. ↗

— James Madison

#flourishes #government #greater #purity #religion