Incearca Mereu Quotes & Sayings

The rich. You know why they're so odd? Because they can afford to be. — Robert Wuhl

So defendants like Walter McMillian, even in counties that were 40 or 50 percent black, frequently found themselves staring at all-white juries, especially in death penalty cases. Then, in 1986, the Supreme Court ruled in Batson v. Kentucky that prosecutors could be challenged more directly about using peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory manner, giving hope to black defendants - and forcing prosecutors to find more creative ways to exclude black jurors. — Bryan Stevenson

At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence. — Viktor E. Frankl

So what?" I challenged, pulling the quilt tighter around myself. "All you're telling me is I won't betray my friends or family. If that's a weakness, it's one I want. — Julie Kagawa

I never took that stuff personally when people said I was too young, too inexperienced. I get politics. I get attack ads. But they said 'mobbed up family.' That we were criminals. That kills me. — Alexi Giannoulias

Penetrating the familiar is by no means a given. On the contrary, it is hard work. — Vivian Gornick

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

[never tickle a sleeping dragon] — J.K. Rowling

There's a saying, isn't there, that when you've had a near death experience, all you want to do is have sex? — Kirsty Greenwood

I considered that the world, and especially the cinema, was burdened with false gods. My task was to overthrow them. Sword in hand, I was ready to consecrate my life to the task. But the false gods are still there. My perseverance during a half-century of cinema has perhaps helped to topple a few of them. It has likewise helped me to discover that some of the gods were real, and had no need to be toppled. — Jean Renoir

People expected something for nothing, that's why they did nothing so beautifully these days. — Holly Hood

ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIENCES IN LIFE IS ACHIEVING PERSONAL GOALS THAT OTHERS SAID WOULD BE, 'IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTAIN.' BE PROUD OF YOUR SUCCESS AND SHARE YOUR STORY WITH OTHERS. — Robert Cheeke

It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer. — Charlotte Bronte

Fifteen minutes later I was an expert. That's all you need. I think I was even getting the upper hand, which is very simple with a guy. Anything seems to turn them on. — Melina Marchetta

In our own time, through integrative sciences like ecology and animal behavior and psychology we have re-understood what was forgotten during the reduction centuries of modern science. We've re-understood that the world is one thing, and it's a living thing. It's a thing with an intent and a spirit within it, and this is the key concept. — Terence McKenna

The art of being a great entrepreneur is finding the right balance between vision and reality. — Giff Constable