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J. G. Ballard Quotes

In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Father War Year Over Out China

We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her talents as best she can.

Robert Gottlieb

Strength Style Best Know She Right

Ninety-five percent of the time, I put myself in somebody else's position - that's how I live.

Angela Ahrendts

Live Time Myself Position Percent

I've actually come to respect the most irritatingly challenging people I've worked with as really valuable in improving group decision-making and what to do and what to invest in.

Steve Jurvetson

Respect People Group Decision-Making

When I was at Hamburg, 17 or 18, Ruud van Nistelrooy signed, and he helped me a lot. He saw my first training session, and he talked to me. He told me I was a good player. He gave me confidence, and I want to thank him for that.

Good Confidence Training Me Want He

I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family.

Family Car I Am Racing Go Race

My mother is who she is. I've become who I am. At some point I realized those two just didn't go together.

Mother Together I Am Go Become She

Winning isn't always championships.

Winning Always Championships

I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first couple of gallons in your tank - when you've had enough, and you're just pissed off enough to go for it. In a lot of ways, that sort of environment can be a catapult for a great situation.

Good Great Anger Think Enough You

I mean it allowed me to do that which was fantastic because we really get to see the character mature and deal with some things that are, that I think as an audience member, really pull us in.

Character Me Think Mature Mean See

I love the big, like, basketball sweats... and I only wear vintage T-shirts to bed, because I like the super-thin ones.

Love Basketball Vintage Bed Big

Even though you really don't feel like you're motivated to go to the gym, remember how good you felt after the last time you went. Keep that in the forefront of your brain.

Good Time Brain Feel Remember You

It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

Food Preparation World Learn Table

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