Markovits Meritocracy Quotes & Sayings

We're all gonna lie, we're all gonna cry, and we're all gonna take painful shits. — Dane Cook

I can always tell when a filmmaker doesn't care about his or her characters; they just care about setting them up to kill them off. — Drew Goddard

A woman is only half of something there are usually two sides to. — Thomas Pynchon

When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience and understanding of America was shaped by having immigrant parents. — Dinaw Mengestu

In the 21st century, hundreds of millions-and eventually billions-of human beings will transform their buildings into power plants to harvest renewable energies on site, store those energies in the form of hydrogen and share electricity, peer-to-peer, across local, regional, national and continental inter-grids that act much like the Internet. — Jeremy Rifkin

Let me go, Jace," she says quietly. "I don't know how," I whisper, and then release her wrist. — Kathryn Perez

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region. — Shimon Peres

In the midst of that empty space - the shadow smiled. — Ryohgo Narita

I knew I wanted to do something that wasn't just domestic and endless but I had no idea what and no inkling that it could ever be music. — Vashti Bunyan

Be you and I think people will recognize the special things about yourself. Just be you, and be you to the fullest. — Rory MacDonald

Plausible that a professional pitcher with some time to practice could throw a golf ball faster than a baseball. — Randall Munroe

There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becoming who you were meant to be. — Jay-Z

The icy sword of the square-toed one had cut off his breath and left his hands in a pose of agonizing protest. — Zora Neale Hurston

On the artillery shells produced in Leningrad, workers stenciled messages to the Germans: "For the blood of our workers," "For our children's anguish," and "For our murdered friends. — M T Anderson