Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
When you write - explode - fly apart - disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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A hard man is good to find.
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One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.
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Feminism is universal. You can't just fight for one type of freedom or one type of female power. You know what? Muslim women want to cover up, and we have to fight for our right to do that, too.
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One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.
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The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.
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There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off somewhere and jump into the river.
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I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.
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We choose mania over boredom every time.
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When I tell people I'm an Italian Jew, they're very amused by it. But obviously by blood I'm Jewish, because my mother is.
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Respect the place you live, be aware of the impact that you have on things.
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If there's a stereotype that you're not supposed to be good at something, that still gets so badly in your way of concentrating.
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There's a lot of distrust of the United States, and I certainly see that. But at the same time, everything that I've seen is that the U.S. is a genuine force for good in the world.
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Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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When I first started swinging a bat, I swung righty. So one time, my dad came home, and he wanted to see my batting stance. So I showed him. He says, 'You don't hit right-handed. You hit left-handed.' At that age I didn't even really think about it. Just like 'all right,' and I switched hands. He said I'd thank him later.
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“Our grown-up was dinged and damaged. One of us was only thirteen and knew far less than he thought he did, and the eleven-year-old among us had to work to keep from whining. I wanted my mother in a powerful way, which I made a brave attempt to hide.”
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Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.
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When you write - explode - fly apart - disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite.
