Rebecca Makkai Quotes

The times I've tried not to be funny, it's never worked, and the times I'm trying not to be dark and just be funny, that never works, either. As varied as my subject matter is, I think the worldview is pretty consistent: seeing darkness and seeing humor.

Rebecca Makkai

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Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day.

Joe Baca

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The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination.

Anita Hill

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You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Andy Murray

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My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part.

Stephen Hawking

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Silence is an ornament for women.

Sophocles

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I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip.

Roger Ebert

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I think our nation cannot stomach the notion of a woman in sexual terms whatsoever: that we are so puritanical that we cannot dismiss the notion of sex from our minds when it comes to women.

Rod Lurie

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Holocaust films will be made and should be made as long as we can't understand what makes people so cruel to each other.

Milos Forman

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Men think we can't do two things at once. They can't, but we can. Women are more resilient.

Dina Merrill

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For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile.

Alice McDermott

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War is hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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As someone who's been lucky to have a great career in tech, I know how creative and fulfilling a career in this industry can be for women. And I want to make sure we continue to recruit and retain great female hires.

Susan Wojcicki

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