"I feel as if dystopian and utopian representations are historically the most effective way of criticizing modern society. You know, because you don't have to be factually accurate. You can kind of construct some awesome strawman arguments in your fictional world."

-- Owen Pallett

#World Quotes #Kind Quotes #Argument Quotes

“There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.”
“You won't believe how many people have congratulated me around the world for shooting a movie in 2D. It's bizarre. It's the strangest thing.”
“Converting a classic batch-and-queue production system to continuous flow with effective pull by the customer will double labor productivity all the way through the system (for direct, managerial, and technical workers, from raw materials to delivered product) while cutting production throughput times by 90 percent and reducing inventories in the system by 90 percent as well.”
“That's what you get for ignoring the beauty of Tupperware.”

Source : Nick Harkaway (2008). “The Gone-Away World”, p.103, Random House
“Life's too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can't please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart.”

Source : Twitter post from May 15, 2014
“Anyone who has not rowed in a really close boatrace cannot comprehend the level of pain.”

Source : "True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny".
“One of my favorite movies of all time is Fargo.”
“I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of illusions.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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