J. G. Ballard Quotes
Lysenkoism: A forlorn attempt not merely to colonize the botanical kingdom, but to instill a proper sense of the puritan work ethic and the merits of self-improvement.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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I don't think it's good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don't want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
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Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'
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People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
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You know, every year 'Torchwood' has become something a little different than it was before. It's still sci-fi, but it doesn't just deal with spaceships and aliens all the time, because we've done that. Our science fiction is more psychological.
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People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.
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From the time I read my first Hemingway work, The Sun Also Rises, as a student at Soldan High School in St. Louis, I was struck with an affliction common to my generation: Hemingway Awe.
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The greatest thing has been that projects that were pipe dreams before 'Whiplash' are now feeling more realistic.
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Lysenkoism: A forlorn attempt not merely to colonize the botanical kingdom, but to instill a proper sense of the puritan work ethic and the merits of self-improvement.
