Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Don't write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won't write anything worth reading.
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I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
Gail Devers -
You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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When I was younger, I used to pray that I would die before my mom. That's just how much my mom meant to me. I couldn't imagine being in this world without her. But then seeing cancer - seeing what it can do to somebody - as strong and as tough as she was, there was nothing she could do. Cancer is a dirty, dirty deal.
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When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards.
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
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If a big number of young pupils felt secularism was an attack on them, it was because the term had been misused and deformed in the public debate for years by the extreme-right and the right as an attack on Islam. The term had often been misused to point out how Muslims were different to others, and that is clearly problematic.
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The lack of diversity in higher education is a problem we as a country must tackle if we're going to live up to our promise.
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Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen.
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She sank again into the salty water...into the delicious warm brine-tasting depths of her grief.
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I know how it's gonna be when I die. It's going to be no noise, you ain't going to hear people screaming. I'mma fade out.
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The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters.
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A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
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Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.
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The human race needs a time out from all this techno-magic-mischief, a period to reflect on what we've done and how we ought to behave with this stuff.
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I like my body so much more now since having my baby.
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Don't write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won't write anything worth reading.
