J. G. Ballard Quotes

The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change.

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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Maybe one day when I'm retired, I can turn around and tell you, 'Hey, I was really good at that. Maybe I was the best.'

Anderson Silva

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My favorite thing about Nashville is the parks.

Ann Patchett

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I kind of like not knowing how to do something - it's more exciting.

Jeffrey Tambor

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There is one particular argument that I call our 'ancient war.' If it could be summed up in one phrase, it would be, 'You don't get it. You don't understand what it's like to be me living with you.' There is such truth in that statement. None of us can really appreciate what it is like to be the other person, what that point of view feels like.

Jeff Bridges

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I'm attracted to stories that deal with the family and what it's like to be a member of that family, whether it's together or apart, given the pressures that are put on it by the outside world.

Stanley R. Jaffe

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For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.

Simone Weil

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I love living in London.

Trevor McDonald

LoveLivingLondonI Love

In the hierarchy of public lands, national parks by law have been above the rest: America's most special places, where natural beauty and all its attendant pleasures - quiet waters, the scents of fir and balsam, the hoot of an owl, and the dark of a night sky unsullied by city lights - are sacrosanct.

Michael Shnayerson

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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Joseph Addison

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I do, have done and always will believe that I am very capable of performing and thriving at any level of the sport.

Jonny Wilkinson

I AmBelieveDoneWillCapableVery

Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel.

Dick Durbin

MeYouPresidentFirstRepublican

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

David Walliams

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