J. G. Ballard Quotes
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
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When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
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I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever get to playing God, to suddenly produce these fully formed creatures. It is a bit odd. Other aspects you work out more - you rework sentences, you rework imagery. But not characters.
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A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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You don't have to give up to let go
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When I wrote 'Mushaboom', I was living in the second verse, but I suddenly found myself in the first.
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It's our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer.
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An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.
