J. G. Ballard Quotes
'If their work is satisfying people don't need leisure in the old-fashioned sense. No one ever asks what Newton or Darwin did to relax, or how Bach spent his weekends. At Eden-Olympia work is the ultimate play, and play the ultimate work.'
Quotes to Explore
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
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The key measurement will not be how many people are watching the Univision network. But, believe me, I still think we are going to grow and are shooting for No. 1, and that spot is certainly on our radar. But engagement will be the focus and the main measure.
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In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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I've learnt that you shouldn't take people seriously, whether they praise you or trash you.
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'If their work is satisfying people don't need leisure in the old-fashioned sense. No one ever asks what Newton or Darwin did to relax, or how Bach spent his weekends. At Eden-Olympia work is the ultimate play, and play the ultimate work.'
