J. G. Ballard Quotes

Even one's own home is a kind of anthology of advertisers, manufacturers, motifs and presentation techniques. There's nothing 'natural' about one's home these days. The furnishings, the fabrics, the furniture, the appliances, the TV, and all the electronic equipment - we're living inside commercials.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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We absolutely do some of the best science in the world in Canada, across a broad spectrum of disciplines: quantum computing in Waterloo, paleontology in Alberta, neuroscience at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health in Vancouver, and many more.

Robert J. Sawyer

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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Jean de La Fontaine

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There is always disappointment, heartache. You are losing almost every tournament. You need to just accept it and be positive because you are going to lose and fail. We're not all Nadal or Djokovic, who can win most tournaments.

Stan Wawrinka

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I think using anti-aging products really helps; the sooner the better, you know?

Song Hye-kyo

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Why are we casting all these stand-up comedians to do 'Breaking Bad,' one of the most dramatic TV shows ever?

Steven Michael Quezada

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Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

Tommy Lasorda

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Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a 'work' of man.

Mary McCarthy

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I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number.

Derek Fisher

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What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present.

Chris Marker

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I have been married to Russell Ford since 2002, and we have two children.

Christine Blasey Ford

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I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.

Clare Balding

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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

Arthur Helps

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