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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as… — J. G. Ballard
If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media. — Bryan Adams
Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish. — Balthus
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. — Honore de Balzac
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. — Honore de Balzac
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. — Honore de Balzac
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. — Honore de Balzac
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. — Honore de Balzac
When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich. — Honore de Balzac
It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and… — Honore de Balzac
Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to… — Eric Bana
I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you. — Eric Bana
By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to… — Eric Bana
Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. — Tallulah Bankhead
It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two! — Ernie Banks
I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all! — Iain Banks
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. — Franklin P. Adams
It's great people still care about books, and it's great you can still fashion a life from literature. — John Banville
There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how… — George Matthew Adams
The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld

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