Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Science and religion have to go hand in hand with the mystery, because there's a certain point beyond which you say, "There are no answers."
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I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.
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I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the '40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery, and I think I'd suit that decade.
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I have a sewing machine that I adore, and I spend a lot of time sitting in front of it when I'm not working. And any excuse to paint or draw or do something artistic with my hands really gets me going. Definitely aspiring.
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I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past.
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I feel comfortable with the ball in my hands.
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I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.
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I didn't belong to the sort of family where the children's classics were laid on. I went to the public library and read everything I could get my hands on.
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I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
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I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people as well, and I love the mystery of not knowing.
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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
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We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.
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When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.
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I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.
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He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery.
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I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.
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When a great poet has lived, certain things have been done once for all, and cannot be achieved again.
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At that moment I had a thrilling sharp intuition. I knew it as if I held it in my hands: In the gloom of death that surrounded the two of us, we were just at the point of approaching and negotiating a gentle curve. If we bypassed it, we would split off into different directions. In that case, we would forever remain just friends.
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You know, it's quite all right to give the underdog a hand, but only one hand. Keep the other hand on your pistol - or he'll try to eat the one you gave him!
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There's a great frustration with the system. There's a lot of anger out there. But in the end, you need answers and not just anger. But anyway, let me not trespass too much into your politics. I've got enough problems in my own politics.
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Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.
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Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.
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There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.
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Science and religion have to go hand in hand with the mystery, because there's a certain point beyond which you say, "There are no answers."
