Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.


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TERRY BALLARD
I prefer sayings over jokes.
ROBERT BALLARD
When I come out it's a one-time deal.
DAVE BALLARD
I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's sta...
ROBERT BALLARD
One thing that the mobile-games business has learned in the past year is that brands without good ga...
GREG BALLARD
This year, we'll see games based on musical acts that will be successful.
GREG BALLARD
The valuation was good and so was the investor, so it became a smart strategic decision to take the ...
GREG BALLARD
3D is one of the fastest growing segments in computing and Voodoo3's ... performance will enable our...
GREG BALLARD
3D is one of the fastest growing segments in computing and Voodoo3's ... performance will enable our...
GREG BALLARD
I think you're going to see companies out-and-out failing this year,
GREG BALLARD
The company was being bled to death by the lawsuit,
GREG BALLARD
Now we will be in charge of our own destiny.
GREG BALLARD
I think we match up well with Claflin. It will be interesting.
MARSHALL BALLARD
She's one of the ones in practice who always steps up and makes free throws. She's clutch.
MARSHALL BALLARD
At any given time, any of our girls can step up and have a big game, whether it's making baskets or ...
MARSHALL BALLARD
I put it all on the girls. They've done an excellent job of adapting. A lot of things are the same a...
MARSHALL BALLARD
It was all new to me. I was clueless.
MARSHALL BALLARD
It was labor of love.
KATIE BALLARD
I was out here that day, madder than a hornet.
KATIE BALLARD
It feels so good to finally see this house be torn down.
KATIE BALLARD
It was probably the most I've ever been sacked, and some of them were my fault. It was a total team ...
JEFF BALLARD
We should make a push to the top 10.
JEFF BALLARD
The Big 12 is always looked at as a powerhouse conference, and if we are to win this game it would g...
JEFF BALLARD
Everybody wants a ticket. But it's really exciting to be playing at home.
JEFF BALLARD
I know what we're capable of, and in parts of the game we showed it. I thought we had some good driv...
JEFF BALLARD
I give this win to the defense -- they were awesome today.
JEFF BALLARD
It's sort of hard to think about because if we lose, there's nothing left and it's over. We don't ha...
JOE BALLARD
I didn't really think about it until I let it go. I didn't know (how big it was) until after the gam...
JOE BALLARD
It makes you more hungry after losing it last year.
JOE BALLARD
You know, it's not too different. Last year, I pitched in some Friday games. Friday, Saturday, Sunda...
MIKE BALLARD
I see a lot of nice toys they have.
MATT BALLARD
The very next day, we were breaking down film, and started our preparation for our next game against...
MATT BALLARD
We have set our goals very high for the season. They include winning the league title, getting into ...
MATT BALLARD
This is a good group of kids. They hustle all the time. They are very fired up about the season.
MATT BALLARD
They have looked good at the passing leagues.
MATT BALLARD
Both teams are down from the Bay Division. You expect both of them to be good.
MATT BALLARD
The kids are ready to play. It goes beyond getting the pads. They want the competition.
MATT BALLARD
They found a fragment, big deal. Am I surprised? No. When you go down there, there's stuff all over ...
ROBERT BALLARD
We didn't play within ourselves. We took bad shots and we were letting them control the pace of the ...
SCOTT BALLARD
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everyt...
J. G. BALLARD
If you're against globalisation, it doesn't achieve much by sort of bombing the head offices...
J. G. BALLARD
To my child's eyes, which had seen nothing else, Shanghai was a waking dream where everything I ...
J. G. BALLARD