Max Barry: Use

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“I just read them for fun."
"Dictionaries?"
"Yes."
"That doesn't sound like fun. That sounds awful."
"Awful used to mean 'full of awe.' The same meaning as awesome. I learned that from a dictionary."
He blinked.
"See?" She said. "Fun.”

Max Barry

Source: Lexicon

Learning , Reading

“Some people would break the rules to get things done and some wouldn't; it was simple as that. John didn't have much use for the latter.”

Max Barry book Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 51, page 190

People

“By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom are mutually exclusive. So if we value freedom, there's only one conclusion. It's time to get rid of this leftover relic we call Government.”

Max Barry book Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 53, page 202

Freedom , Time

“Look, I understand that for a lot of people, the US is superior to their country of residence in myriad ways, but I'm Australian. We have it all: the weather, the beautiful cities, the brand of football that involves neither padding yourself up like Santa Claus nor standing in a line in front of goal and covering your testicles.”

Max Barry

Great Writing interviewhttp://www.greatwriting.co.uk/content/view/1038/

People , Beauty , Way , Understanding

“Corporations! It's like there are these gigantic monsters living among us, and we don't mind that they're monsters because when we look at them they smile and hand us cheeseburgers. That's nuts.”

Max Barry

Great Writing interview

Smile

“Someone from the Internet Writing Workshop sent me a link to the Gender Genie, where you paste in a section of text and it uses an algorithm to detect whether the author is male or female. Or, if you’re an author, you can tell whether you’re really nailing your opposite-sex characters. I mean, nailing their dialog.”

Max Barry

August 8, 2005 weblog post http://www.maxbarry.com/2005/08/08/news.html#girlyman

Sex , Past

“Apparently we’re now in a state where most ads are full of people looking at us in a way that would heat us up down to our toes if it happened in real life, and we don’t think anything of it.”

Max Barry

October 16, 2005 weblog post http://www.maxbarry.com/2005/10/16/news.html#theywantyou

Life , People , Way , Thinking