"This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their position."

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

#Argument Quotes #Century Quotes #Process Quotes

“Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.”

Source : Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”
“We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.”

Source : James Harvey Robinson (1939). “The Mind in the Making”
“When I'm writing a new play, there's a period where I know I shouldn't be out in public much. I imagine most people who create go through something like this. You willfully loosen some of the inner straps that hold your core together.”
“We want to generate the electricity of peace through music, and itâ€™s a thrill to know that the super-creative, enthusiastic musicians of our world are with us to achieve this goal.”
“This is the only place that I don't feel out of place, because everyone here is out of place.”
“For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.”
“Think today's interest rates are high? The Pilgrims borrowed $7000 from a London company of 70 investors in 1620, and devoted the next 23 years to repaying it at 43 percent.”
“If Al Gore had allowed us and if the Florida Supreme Court had not intervened and rewritten the law, which theyre not supposed to do, we could have certified, which is a mere procedural action, and then after that, they could have petitioned any justice for a recount statewide with uniform standards.”

Source : "Katherine Harris Unhappy With 'Recount'". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. June 3, 2008.

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