J. G. Ballard Quotes

My upbringing was so middle-class and repressed. It wasn't until I was placed in Lunghua that I met anyone from any other social strata. When I did, I found them colossally vital.

J. G. Ballard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Using static scoring, tax cuts are broadly assumed to 'cost' a raw amount of reduced revenue. With dynamic scoring, the new revenue likely to flow from increased economic activity produced by a tax cut is considered, improving the accuracy of the projection.

John Delaney

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I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily.

Maurice Gibb

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In Grand Slam, you play every two days, five-set match. You have a little bit more time to make mistake.

Stan Wawrinka

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I'm very blessed and fortunate that people want to go see my movies.

Michael Moore

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Everything that people lob at you who don't know you, it all hurts. When you're doing something as simple as making music, which really, theoretically, shouldn't hurt anyone - I mean, it's a song! Step back for five seconds and laugh.

Liz Phair

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My parents were born in 1906 and 1907. I think the experience of the Depression greatly influenced the way they thought about the world.

Janet Yellen

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The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.

Donna Shalala

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I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet. I think that's sort of a characteristic of the way I've worked ever since I started.

Brian Eno

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To stay sane, I lived in my head, where I could travel and imagine. In my mind, I played a championship game with the Knicks. I won Wimbledon five times. If the Yankees needed a home run, I came to bat.

Anthony Ray Hinton

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I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.

Alicia Keys

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I love North Carolina.

Tyler Hilton

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Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories, branching histories, is assigned some sort of reality.

Murray Gell-Mann

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