J. G. Ballard Quotes
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from local sources. Every school should include food-growing in the curriculum. For some, that will mean twinning with willing farms. For others, it will mean literally building their own small farms.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad.
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There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.
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It's awfully nice when people thank you for the pleasure and laughter you've brought to their lives.
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I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.
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Ideas come from everywhere - they come from what you see and hear and imagine.
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I admired anyone who could unsettle people.
