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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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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We all do films believing in them completely, but sometimes, the audiences like what we like, and other times, they don't.
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We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.
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I'm probably creative for half an hour a day. The rest of the time, I'm just doing what's necessary to make that creativity visible.
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That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'
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An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.
