Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.
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It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function.
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I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.
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Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.
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I find it always pleasurable talking with young people, particularly those aspiring to be writers, out of nostalgia, and because I've always felt that we oldies can learn so much from them and draw from them inspiration in our flagging and rickety years.
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This is how I feel about the LGBT community: they are people just like us.
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When climate change supercharges weather patterns, the disadvantaged often suffer first and most.
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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.
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Take a relief. You draw it, you carve it out. Later you build it up from a flat surface. There is no other way to do a sculpture - you either add or you subtract.
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I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
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No man will ever be President of the United States who spells 'negro' with two gs.
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Technology adds nothing to art.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.
