"The factory workers say that it's impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if you arrive five minutes late you are betraying socialism; if you arrive on time they say, Where did you get the watch?"

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Source : Len Deighton (1964). “Funeral In Berlin”

Len Deighton

#Saboteurs Quotes #Watches Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“We must act as if we answer to, and only answer to, our Ancestors, our children, and the unborn.”
“A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.”
“The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck & to provide new ways to get it unstuck.”
“Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They're either charging too much money for their work, or they can't keep an old car running - maybe both.”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2007). “Blood Bound”, p.47, Penguin
“Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior.”
“Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.”
“In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story.”

Source : Interview with Jon Condit, www.dreadcentral.com. January 1, 2006.
“With us the inner nature accords with the outer expectation. The body follows the mind, and the mind seeks the soul, which it strives toward but has not yet won. With you it is otherwise. The mind follows the body in pursuit of the soul you have been told you already have. Because you cannot find it, you assume you have lost it somewhere in your past, and this keeps you from achieving it in your future.”

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