J. G. Ballard Quotes
A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.J. G. Ballard
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
Baltasar Gracian -
I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
Aaron Lazar -
I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
Kate McKinnon -
The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
Kailash Kher -
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
Larry Bird
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Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
Veerappa Moily -
I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
Harlan Coben -
I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?
Larry King -
Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance.
Galina Vishnevskaya -
Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
Sam Ewing -
I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
Randy Houser
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
Wayne Gretzky -
I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.
Val McDermid -
Patients are becoming aware that they're being taken for a ride by big pharma companies. They charge high prices and have never cared for India's healthcare. There are 23 million cases of cancer every year and India has a fair share of that.
Yusuf Hamied -
There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.
Gary Neville -
Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
Cameron Mackintosh
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I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable by writing defensibly about it.
Ansel Adams -
Only heroes get stereotyped. As they do the same kind of roles again and again.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
Vince McMahon -
There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
Hamish Bowles -
As far as the novel is concerned in my own country, I think it's in a pretty healthy state.
William Golding -
A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.
J. G. Ballard