J. G. Ballard Quotes

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.

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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I want all my stuff to be converted into digital format so I can have my reference library to carry with me wherever I go.

Jim Lee

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I'm not gay.

Matthew Morrison

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Sometimes the only kind of innovation comes when you have some solitude; when you step away.

Anand Mahindra

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Everyone does a style book, and I wanted to write a business book for people that didn't think they would like a business book.

Sophia Amoruso

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I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. We'd just deal with the salary cap.

Stan Van Gundy

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I'm always in the studio with my dad. I've written a few songs. I'll start off writing rhymes, then freestyles, then I add in beats.

Sofia Richie

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I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.

Steve Prefontaine

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The American dream has now morphed into an expectation. And if it isn't provided, or if it doesn't happen, then people feel cheated.

Rush Limbaugh

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The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year.

Mitch McConnell

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My father is my biggest literary influence. Recently, I've been looking through his letters. He was in the National Guard when I was a child, and whenever he left, he would write to me. He wrote letters to me all through college, and we still correspond. His letters, and my mother's, are one of my life's treasures.

Louise Erdrich

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History: the category of human phenomena which tends to catastrophe.

Jules Romains

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I was looking through a newspaper and it was an audition for 'Kids Say the Darndest Things,' so I tried out. One thing led to another and I appeared on 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show' and 'Oprah.'

JoJo

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