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.J. G. Ballard
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
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.
O. J. Simpson -
You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
Barry Mann -
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?
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
Adam Grant -
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.
Tamsin Egerton
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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.
Abbey Clancy -
That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
Ottmar Hitzfeld -
A lot happens in 20 years.
Pat Morita -
This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.
Ralph Nader -
It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
K. D. Lang -
I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
Carl Lewis
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Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
R. Kelly -
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.
Ferran Adria -
I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
Adam Arkin -
Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
Fidel Castro -
We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
Gary Zukav -
Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
Karen Traviss
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I was very conscious of the actor; watched what he did.
Ray Walston -
But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.
Euripides -
There's great participation, there's great enthusiasm and there's a great calm in the country ... ... It will strengthen our democracy, and that will allow the country to continue forward.
Ernesto Zedillo -
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
H. L. Mencken -
Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire.
J. G. Ballard