J. G. Ballard Quotes
E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.J. G. Ballard
Quotes to Explore
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
Carl Sandburg -
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
Lascelles Abercrombie -
I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
Ted Allen -
Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
Adam McKay -
The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.
Vince Gill -
I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
Rachael Taylor
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
Dan Rather -
I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
Sade Adu -
There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
A. J. Buckley -
Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
Osric Chau -
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
Abigail Adams -
It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
Rami Malek
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Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.
Orlando Bloom -
It's a great advantage to be able to play people off against each other, isn't it? You go to Christie's and get a quote on something. And then you go to Phillips' and you tell them what Christie's has given you. I like auctions for artists.
Damien Hirst -
The longer you're on a show like 'SNL,' the less frequent the Google alerts become.
Vanessa Bayer -
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
Randy Pausch -
I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
Ed Stoppard -
I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
Laura Bush
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Jesus said that we should render to the state what properly belongs to the state, and though he had taxes in mind, we might reasonably infer that giving the state the job of punishing wrongdoers is one way of giving the state its due.
Lewis B. Smedes -
We've never had nannies. We've had great grandparents, great support from family, and the kids have been on every set: they've seen me play Gollum, King Kong, Captain Haddock, the lot. They totally get it, and they want to go into the business. Ruby, my daughter, is very keen to become an actress.
Andy Serkis -
Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that.
Rick Moody -
I'm just used to working harder than everybody and other people taking the credit.
Jason Boyd -
To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
Valerie Plame -
E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
J. G. Ballard