Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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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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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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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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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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I have seen many ladies displaying different styles and different styles displaying ladies.
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I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.
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Any movement at all that reduces disease, that reduces overdoses, that reduces property crime, that reduces violent crime, is good.
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I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
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Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.
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Anything that consoles is fake.
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I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.
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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
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As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from the character's point of view and see where it goes.
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A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.
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I'm a proponent of single-payer health-care, public education, protecting the environment - all the things Democrats rally around.
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I want to have my desperate need for personal success shrunk, not enlarged.
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You should *have* an experience; it shouldn't just *be* an experience.
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Don't talk about it; write.
