J. G. Ballard Quotes
Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire.
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
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Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
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If a child plays sport early in childhood, and doesn't give it up, he will play sport for the rest of his life. And if children have a connection with, and are involved in the preparation of, the food they eat, then it will be normal for them to cook these kind of meals, and they will go on cooking them for the rest of their lives.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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Fat Joe is signed to Fat Joe. I have a distribution deal for my label. I'm independent. I'm very happy with that.
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Death is only an old door/Set in a garden wall.
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Fear not the thunder, little one.It's weather, simply weather;It's friendly giants full of funClapping their hands together.
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The majority of people who don't have Internet, don't have the Internet because they don't know why they want to use the Internet.
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I enjoy working with writers and their scripts. It's very exciting to me. Eventually I would like to produce, direct and act onstage, but it's not a heavy pressure. When I do it, I want to do it well. I'm just educating myself with writers and scripts, because I didn't read a lot of books when I was growing up.
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Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire.
