J. G. Ballard Quotes
People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost maniacal sense of humour. The problem is that it's rather deadpan.
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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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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
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This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.
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I didn't have a long-term plan or goal. If there would have been a road map showing me the way to my dreams becoming reality, I might have given it a second thought.
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Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.
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Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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As a musician usually music is your way out.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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I am a very good driver - a defensive driver.
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The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union.
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You can't just look like one culture and expect to inspire a multitude of people. That doesn't work over time. Everybody wants somebody to look up to that looks like them so they can truly believe in that reality for themselves.
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I felt the beginning of a passion, hopeless in the long run, but very nourishing, for identifying myself with people who were not my own, and whose lives were governed by ideas alien to mine.
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After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second glass you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.
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People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost maniacal sense of humour. The problem is that it's rather deadpan.
