J. G. Ballard Quotes

I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FutureRealityYouHelmetWillOwn

I'm going to have fans and I'm going to have people who don't like everything I do. All I can really do is go to work and do my job.

Jessica Szohr

WorkJobPeopleI CanGoEverything

I got great sex education, and I always knew that if I wanted to be sexually active, I had to have safe sex.

Jenny Slate

EducationGreatSexActiveAlways

In the real world, people go against my beliefs all the time, and I don't make it my place to - like, I'm not super confrontational.

Trixie Mattel

TimePeopleWorldPlaceGoReal

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Robert Burns

CharacterWishAlwaysResolve

This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.

Robert Teeter

LeadershipStylePerceptionThink

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

Roberto Benigni

GratitudeMediocrityYouModeration

This actual question of 'Why does God allow war?' is not considered or raised as such in the Bible at all.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

GodWarBibleWhyQuestionAllow

I resent it when any part of the government refers to people who have money in the pejorative.

Judy Sheindlin

MoneyGovernmentPeopleWhoPart

We will not know unless we begin.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

KnowWillBeginUnless

I selfishly like a lot of first-time directors because they over-prepare, they're super eager, and there's very little ego.

Mark Duplass

EgoLittleBecauseLikeEagerVery

You're taught - consciously or sub-consciously - to make an indie so you can get through that terrible process and get to Hollywood. I realized when I got there, 'Oh, no; I think I'm better over here.'

Mark Duplass

ThinkProcessBetterYouHollywood

If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about their cosmos.

Marina Warner

CulturePeopleLearnYouLookKnow

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