J. G. Ballard Quotes

The dream of empire died when Shanghai surrendered without a fight. Even at the age of 11 or 12, I knew that no amount of patriotic newsreels would put the Union Jack jigsaw together again. From then on, I was slightly suspicious of all British adults.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.

Jimmy Breslin

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The God of the Hebrews is a God that human language, we're not even supposed to speak the holy name. We were told in the Second Commandment we could make no images of this God, and I don't think that means just building idols, I think that means also trying to believe you've captured God in your words, in the Creeds, in the Scriptures.

John Shelby Spong

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Eventually, all cars are going to be autonomous.

Steve Jurvetson

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Simply because I did not fit in their mold of what an independent working woman should be, the media and political elite have sought to relegate my sense of civic responsibility to mere sideshow antics.

Stormy Daniels

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Solitary pursuits like playing video games and skateboarding can't compete with the thrill of mobbing a teammate as he scores the winning run - nor do they end with a postgame trip to Dairy Queen.

Steve Rushin

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It seems to me in the past it's been a good thing, as a writer, to have experiences I hadn't expected.

Louise Gluck

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I don't let the haters get their way.

JoJo Siwa

HatersWayGet

This is ridiculous, I mean, wholly ridiculous. It never did any child any harm to have something that was a tiny bit above them anyway, and I claim that anyone who can follow Doctor Who can follow absolutely anything.

Diana Wynne Jones

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It was hard for my friends to equate me with a picture like 'The Omen.'

David Seltzer

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If you're just making a record to pay the bills, that's not a great idea because chances are it might not come out that good.

Brian Fallon

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Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on a white horse.

Anzia Yezierska

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I find this life so interesting.

Brittany Murphy

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