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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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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Basically, discipline, effort, patience and courage are hugely important core values for kids to grow up embracing.
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I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in the acknowledgment. We don't want to be characters in a story because characters have to move and breathe and face conflict with courage. And if life isn't remarkable, then we don't have to do any of that; we can be unwilling victims instead of grateful participants.
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I wouldn't want a manicure. I'm a man's man!
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I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them had in common?' They had too much time on their hands. Even though they were pretty, they lacked something. A woman could be less attractive but with ambition and drive, that's the most beautiful thing.
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'Sunday, Bloody Sunday' was the only time I've been directed properly.
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Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
