Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
A reason I became a writer was to escape the hopelessness and despair of the real world and enter the world of hope I could create with my imagination.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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Trump doesn't force the networks to show his rallies live rather than do real reporting. Nor does he force anyone to accept his phone calls rather than demand that he do a face-to-face interview that would be a greater risk for him.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.
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I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.
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You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices.
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We're in a period of revolutionary change. I'm optimistic. One's self changes, and then the world changes. It's going to begin internally, not externally.
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I didn't get my first pilot that I screen-tested for, and I really thought it was the end of the world. But it's fine, you know, you move on to something else.
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I'm a little skeptical of foreign coaches in our league and in U.S. Soccer just because of how different our league is and our players are than other players around the world.
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In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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It's difficult to make your clients understand that there are certain days that the market will go up or down 2%, and it's basically driven by algorithms talking to algorithms. There's no real rhyme or reason for that. So it's difficult. We just try to preach long-term investing and staying the course.
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It is not only the people of Gaza that can't afford having a fourth war - all the world cannot afford this.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.
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The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.
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The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.
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'The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.
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The concept of a woman with a terrible life who needs a man to come and rescue her, doesn't apply and isn't something we should probably be teaching kids.
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It's very rare that you get to play a character over the course of so many films. Bella meant a lot to me and she will always be such a formative event in my career. I grew up with her and she and I have been on this great journey together. I also see many parallels between her evolution and my own because I lived through so many things along the way while playing Bella and having this connection to so many people involved in making the films over the years. It would be impossible for me to separate my world from Bella's.
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You can't solve a dignity problem with military force.
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A reason I became a writer was to escape the hopelessness and despair of the real world and enter the world of hope I could create with my imagination.
