J. G. Ballard Quotes
Presumably all obsessions are extreme metaphors waiting to be born. That whole private mythology, in which I believe totally, is a collaboration between one's conscious mind and those obsessions that, one by one, present themselves as stepping-stones.
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My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I think that liberals need to grow up.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.
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My favorite game shows were 'Password' and '$25,000 Pyramid.'
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'Sara' was the first film project I worked on as an actress; it's a short film.
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I'm easy to get along with - I'm not a diva.
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I don't really believe in moral victories. You can have them when you're dealing with public opinion, but in litigation, you want to win the case. I want to win.
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People are really willing to believe in impossible things, which is really beautiful.
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There's something in the Western mind that gets very nervous when you try to talk about the bedrock of ontology.
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Presumably all obsessions are extreme metaphors waiting to be born. That whole private mythology, in which I believe totally, is a collaboration between one's conscious mind and those obsessions that, one by one, present themselves as stepping-stones.
