J. G. Ballard Quotes

People think that by living on some mountainside in a tent and being frozen to death by freezing rain, they're somehow discovering reality, but of course that's just another fiction dreamed up by a TV producer.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RainDeathPeopleThinkRealityUp

Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out into the world.

Joanna Trollope

RespectWorldBookYouWayOut

I actually have all these tapes, from when I was five, from when I was 10, and from when I was 15, that don't really have to do anything with each other, but they're sort of archeological in my musical history.

Jens Lekman

HistoryAnythingFiveSortActually

Studies demonstrate that as gaps are being closed between men and women - in access to education, in health, even in economic participation - the most difficult gap to close is in political participation. Somehow that sharing of raw power, political power, remains very illusive.

Melanne Verveer

EducationWomenPowerHealthMen

Old definitions of segments are going to get blurred. Once you defined cars by horsepower, engines. That has changed.

Anand Mahindra

YouOldBlurredGoingGetChanged

I allow myself one nice car.

Slash

CarMyselfNiceAllow

I decided that if I was going to continue in track, that I didn't want to lose, that I wasn't going to lose.

Steve Prefontaine

LoseWantTrackGoingContinue

For me, if its television, if it's theater, if it's film, and it's good, I don't make much of distinction between the 3. I think there's only so many great stories out there. If you get the chance to be a part of one, it doesn't matter what it is.

Tom Cavanagh

GoodGreatMeChanceThinkYou

Ensure you eat within 20 minutes of a workout. Choose healthy snacks such as slices of ham, a handful of almonds, or fruit. Sometimes before bed, I have a teaspoon of almond butter or peanut butter, which gives me enough protein to get me through the night.

Tom Daley

MeFruitNightEnoughYouChoose

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

Mason Cooley

TimeFoodAmazingThinkingEnough

Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.

Martin Short

ConfidenceYouBeingFiveYoungest

I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.

Michael Palin

CharacterPeopleMeUselessOver

I have been a Republican since 1966.

Arlen Specter

RepublicanBeenSince

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