J. G. Ballard Quotes

Presumably all obsessions are extreme metaphors waiting to be born. That whole private mythology, in which I believe totally, is a collaboration between one's conscious mind and those obsessions that, one by one, present themselves as stepping-stones.

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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'Drag Race' has become a staple of modern television for the way it skewers expectations and attitudes about gender, much as a show like 'black-ish' works to challenge stereotypes about black families in America.

Jenna Wortham

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I liked 'The Help,' and I love Viola Davis. But I didn't think that film was a great film; I thought that was a very uneven film. I thought the Southern women were so caricatured that it was kind of like 'Harper Valley PTA' or something like that.

Robert Osborne

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It took a catastrophe of socialized medicine to wake a lot of people up because it affects every single person in America, either directly or indirectly. That's when you get people's attention - when it directly affects them.

Monica Crowley

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I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative.

Mira Sorvino

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I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.

Chill Wills

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I would say that I'm finding my voice in more ways than one.

Boz Scaggs

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Women are the most underutilized 'resource' in the world economy.

Arancha Gonzalez

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The term 'Sock it to me!' was a big, big thing in our neighborhood - all the kids were saying it.

Aretha Franklin

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I don't watch many films. I just make sure my directors are really good. I will work even with a debut director, but the one-hour narration of the script should be mind-blowing.

Suriya

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We need to make sure that hardworking Americans have the workplace protections they need to get ahead in the 21st-century economy.

Seth Moulton

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An unskilled middle-aged man can work in the mines, and it pays well.

Richard Flanagan

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I'm so optimistic, it's depressing.

Lindsay Wagner

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