Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.
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You don't need Beanie Sigel in the building with a pre-perception that this crazy dude might do anything.
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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For centuries, building materials were free. You want to build a house, you cut down some trees. But we haven't been thinking about the cost to the planet.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.
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There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
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Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.
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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
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Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.
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I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.
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I have either run private equity funded companies or been a partner in a private equity fund since 1982. I've had a front row view of the vital role private equity continues to play in building and keeping American businesses competitive in the global economy.
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When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end.
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There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.
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In sitcoms, the women are so beautiful, understanding and well-bred. They have humor, but sort of display it with a twinkle of the eye and not a guffaw. But there's no juice in that for me.
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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
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We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.
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I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.
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Renko has just about had it. Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.
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I don't have any horror stories of trying to start as a comedian and eating it constantly on stage.
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Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.
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Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
