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J. G. Ballard Quotes

Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then?

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: November 15, 1930 - April 19, 2009

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Boredom You Limit Buy Prospect Then

We want to inspire everyone to recognize the positive social impact they can have if they choose to become technologists.

Positive Inspire Impact Choose Want

If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen.

Good Words Writing Chance End You

When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating.

Wish You Hard Affect Something Just

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

Brother Sister Will See Clear Until

Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.

Beautiful Together People Easy More

Anytime a member of Congress wants to travel abroad - which we do from time to time as part of our official duties - we are required to check with the House Committee on Ethics as to whether the trip follows the ethics rules by which federally elected officials are bound. Not so with Supreme Court justices.

Time Travel Ethics House Rules

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Better Plans Engage Things Argue

When they call the slightest spending reductions 'painful', we will say 'If government spending prevents pain, why are we suffering so much of it?' And 'If you want to experience real pain, just stay on the track we are on.'

Experience Pain Government Suffering

I made a bit of a stink. At the time, it was considered very bad form.

Time Bad Made Stink Form Very

We will have to stand up for and promote the power and promise of free markets and free peoples, and affirm that American preeminence safeguards rather than impedes global progress.

Condoleezza Rice

Power Progress Free Stand Up Stand

I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.

Me Hair Back Just Though Facial

I'm kind of a morbid person. I'm very optimistic, but I also feel like I'm going to die at any moment. I feel very much aware of my mortality. I'm here, and then I'm not.

Moment Feel Die Person Kind Going

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