Hugh Mackay
Hugh Mackay
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Despite the availability of cheap and effective contraception, it looks as if we are not as careful in our decisions about reproduction as all the talk of family planning might suggest.
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Frankly, I'm more worried about the violence we do to ourselves and our children by allowing the media to create an expectation of instant gratification.
relationship people perfect
Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.
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Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.
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The yearning for strong leadership is more about strength of purpose - clarity of vision - than about merely 'getting tough'.
leadership inspiration essence
Polls are no substitute for leadership because, at its very essence, leadership is about giving people what they don't already have - a sense of vision, inspiration, or even an adequate grasp of a particular subject.
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One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives.
children educational opportunity
Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.
leadership strong australia
It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is growing in direct proportion to our lack of confidence in ourselves. The end of this century is an unusually difficult time to be a leader in Australia.
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On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other.
book media copycats
The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate.
easter cousin spring
A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn.
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Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance.
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I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties.