Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Melt all the guns, I thought, break the knives, burn the guillotines-and the malicious will still write letters that kill.
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A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that totally realistic for the wide swath of us, and it's also not that fun to watch.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
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I wanted to get a cropped hairdo, but Sreenu Vaitla loves my look in 'Chiruta,' so he suggested that I keep the long hair.
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Before mobile phones, I used to call my parents from a phone box and reverse the charges.
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It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.
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Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.
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It's kinda all about image.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
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I just love dancing.
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If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
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I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence.
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I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.
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I honestly don't diet or work out regularly. I'm just always running around - you'll never catch me having a day on the sofa.
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Melt all the guns, I thought, break the knives, burn the guillotines-and the malicious will still write letters that kill.
