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 don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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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 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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Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
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In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.
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It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
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I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.
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Alfred Austin said, "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."
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I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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If I did anything 'next', I would do writing.
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The FCC is a quasi-judicial body. It is supposed to undertake this period of public comment with a degree of seriousness and respect.
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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.
