"I am a 21st century person who was accidentally launched in the 20th. I have a deep nostalgia for the future."

-- FM-2030

#Nostalgia Quotes #Century Quotes #21st Century Quotes

“Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.”
“When you've tried all the salves in the world and they don't work, you start thinking about fire”

Source : Stephen R. Donaldson (1982). “The wounded land”, Del Rey
“Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Don't use such an expression as 'dim land of peace.' It dulls the image. It mixes an abstraction with the concrete. It comes from the writer's not realizing that the natural object is always the adequate symbol. Go in fear of abstraction.”

Source : Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein (2008). “The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition”, p.9, Fordham Univ Press
“Growing up, the most important thing, after taking care of your family and getting a decent job of work, was having a laugh. That was the point to life.”
“Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.”

Source : "You can't hold back the human spirit". Interview with David Walsh, www.wsws.org. March 27, 1998.
“It's interesting to have the awkward moments play out, and the real human interactions. The more you cut that down, you lose the joke, which is that this is painful and hard.”
“I didn't expect myself to be perfect my first season because no one ever pulled me aside and said "This is how you walk."”

Source : "Gigi Hadid Hates the Gym, Loves Carbs, and Just Got Her First Fitness Campaign". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. October 4, 2016.
“Like a young eaglet that gets pushed out of the nest at the appropriate time, a young man must learn to fly on his own. If the nest is too cushy, if all of his creature comforts are there for his enjoyment, then he may set up his high-definition television and perch for a while.”

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