Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
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Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
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Our true nationality is mankind.
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This little bathtub smells like ass.24.
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First there was space-endless, limitless space, so far from everything, so brutal, so frigid, so uncaring that it numbed the mind, not so much from fear or loneliness as from the realization that in this eternity of space the thing that was himself was dwarfed to an insignificance no yardstick could measure.
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I am a bad planner, and my friends would vouch for it.
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The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.
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Can you design a Rorschach test that's going to make everyone feel something every time - and that looks like a Rorschach test? It's easy to show a picture of a kitten or a car accident. The question is, how abstract can you get and still get the audience to feel something when they don't know what's happening to them?
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I would die if I had to be confined. I don't want to feel that I'm missing out on experiencing as much as I can. For me, experiencing is knowing people all over the world and being able to photograph.
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I like it when it's nice and quiet. I'm not a big city person.
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Because of the shape of my eyes, I can wear a lot of make-up. I can do a smoky look in the evening, but in the day I wear a lot less. Most women don't deal with lip pencils - they have been given a bad name, but are essential, especially as we get older.
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These days people wallow in enormous masses of sound.
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Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
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The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years.
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Obviously social media has had a massive impact on the fame game, but not in a positive way. But it can be for some.
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I suppose the Church would be perfect only if it were run by perfect beings. God is perfect, and His doctrine is pure. But He works through us - His imperfect children - and imperfect people make mistakes.
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Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending.
