J. G. Ballard Quotes
The future is going to be boring. The suburbanisation of the planet will continue, and the suburbanisation of the soul will follow soon after.
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, writer. You know, we're just grinding and trying to make my mother proud as well as God.
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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I don't like controversy.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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No agreement between the British and Muslims can affect me. An agreement between Hindus and Muslims alone will affect me.
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I lived in Moscow for four years and really, really enjoyed it, and I have a really deep love for the Russian language and Russian culture.
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Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there finds it more than it can bear? Shall there be no strong meat at table because there happen to be some guests there whose stomachs are weak, or who have spoiled their own digestions?
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Being a mum means you have a very real stake in the future of our country.
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The future is going to be boring. The suburbanisation of the planet will continue, and the suburbanisation of the soul will follow soon after.
