J. G. Ballard Quotes

Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FatherResponsibilityWarParentsMe

I want my personal life to be personal.

Jeremy Renner

LifeWantPersonalPersonal Life

People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like everyone else in the society.

Michael Harrington

PeopleSocietyRunPoorAskUp

I started thinking about what I've always been interested in: how people can't see things that are right in front of them. All you have to do is read the papers to see endless examples of smart people who can't see the nose on their faces.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

SmartPeopleThinkingYouRightSee

I certainly would not call myself creative. There are other coaches who are innovative and everything else. I wouldn't be that guy, that's for sure.

Stan Van Gundy

MyselfCreativeEverythingGuySure

New stimuli can come from the same coach if he questions himself.

Toni Kroos

QuestionsNewCoachSameComeHe

I think I should be respectful of fighters. This sport is brutal enough itself. I don't think you should say stupid statements or should act like savages.

Mirko Cro Cop

StupidThinkEnoughYouSayAct

You really have to be careful about what you do and think about other people around you, as human beings who feel things, and you have to learn to be empathetic and notice the signs of people who are going through trouble.

Devin Druid

PeopleThinkFeelLearnYouTrouble

The process of building a part doesn't really stop.

Donald Pleasence

BuildingProcessStopPartReally

I have never met a feminist who didn't have a father.

Brian Azzarello

FatherNeverWhoFeministMet

The struggles to overturn colonial rule were long and often bitter. But, over time, most were inevitably successful.

Winnie Byanyima

TimeLongOverSuccessfulStruggles

It sometimes seems to me that the whole course of English history was one of accident, confusion, chance and unintended consequences - there's no real pattern.

Peter Ackroyd

HistoryMeChanceConsequencesReal

In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor.

Sean Penn

YouGoMoviesActorSeemPaid

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