Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.
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Paul McCartney and The Beatles in general are my idols. And I love Sting. I got to meet Sting. That was really cool. Dustin Hoffman is my favorite actor. Also, I think of Magic Johnson as an idol.
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I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
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I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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I was the first to advocate the Web. But I am very troubled by this thing that every kid must have a laptop computer. The kids are totally in the computer age. There's a whole new brain operation that's being moulded by the computer.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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Televisions and radios are locked on government frequencies - it is a serious crime to listen to a foreign broadcast. As a result, North Koreans think that they live in the best country in the world and that, as difficult as their lives may be, everybody else has it much worse.
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In early Islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. The prophet was a messenger. And one of the things that's happened in Islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition.
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We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
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I love the ultimate escapism of paranormal and fantasy - all of the otherworldly creatures, magic, and possibilities that transport both reader and writer away from reality for a while - it's such delicious fun!
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The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out.
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It's good to have a manager who shares your interests, or goals. You can presumably trust a husband. I don't know if it's the best way to work. I really shouldn't discuss this.
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I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.
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I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings.
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The military has been actually remarkable at dealing with race, but gender is an issue.
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Trying to put music out there in the world is a pretty exciting, yet terrifying, thing and I've just been through the ringer.
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You lie-under a mistake, For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's face. I now Say what I think.
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I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
