J. G. Ballard Quotes
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I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.
Harold Brodkey -
Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
Carine Roitfeld -
I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
Becki Newton -
And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Walt Whitman -
The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
Ed Asner -
I love sport and will do just about anything. Someone said they'd had a go at skiing off a mountain with a parachute, and that sounds great!
Victoria Pendleton
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Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
Fareed Zakaria -
I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.
Eddie Rickenbacker -
Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.
H. L. Mencken -
When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
We ought to be able to forgo the constant need to raise money and just focus on working together to solve the problems this country faces.
Ted Deutch -
Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.
W. H. Davies
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
Tavi Gevinson -
TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
Landon Liboiron -
I'm absolutely convinced that the very small global warming we are experiencing is the result of natural causes. It's a cyclical phenomenon in the history of the Earth. The role of man is very small, almost negligible.
Vaclav Klaus -
I have a lot of friends that are ex-Miss Alabamas and ex-Miss Georgias.
Fannie Flagg -
I'm always late.
Sade Adu -
A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
Umberto Eco
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They brought it up in the beginning. This is how it happened in L.A. (where he played with the Dodgers from 1998-2002). They wanted to sign me to an extension; I didn't go to them. But when I didn't want to go through with it, I'm the bad guy, the greedy guy.
Gary Sheffield -
'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
Foster Friess -
I'm not trying to acquire a reputation as serious documentary maker for its own sake.
Louis Theroux -
At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.
Lucy Lawless -
There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.
Elisabeth Elliot -
Sooner or later, all games become serious.
J. G. Ballard