J. G. Ballard Quotes
Actually, the suburbs are far more sinister places than most city dwellers imagine. Their very blandness forces the imagination into new areas. I mean, one's got to get up in the morning thinking of a deviant act, merely to make certain of one's freedom. It needn't be much; kicking the dog will do.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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I can cry at the drop of a hat. I've always found that easier than laughing in films.
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General Advice: Never break a promise, but re-negotiate them if need be. If you haven’t got time to do it right, you don’t have time to do it wrong. Recognize that most things are pass/fail. Feedback loops: ask in confidence.
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I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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Actually, the suburbs are far more sinister places than most city dwellers imagine. Their very blandness forces the imagination into new areas. I mean, one's got to get up in the morning thinking of a deviant act, merely to make certain of one's freedom. It needn't be much; kicking the dog will do.
