Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
I don’t write things to benefit the world. If it happens that they do, swell. I didn’t set out to do that. I set out to have a hell of a lot of fun.
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For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
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I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym.
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I'm just a human being. I'm from the projects, too.
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Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.
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My son is such a lover, such a caretaker and so funny. He's seven, and he genuinely cracks me up. And my daughter is a fearless powerhouse. They fill me with wonder and admiration.
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My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.
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Unfortunately, the Obama administration is more interested in furthering its political agenda than in following the law.
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I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
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I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I'm not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel.
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I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.
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I fill my business emails with smiley faces and question marks so that I don't sound too severe.
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I'm not saying that I won't tour again, but the chances are slim because my priorities are different now.
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I like Bobby Flay's attitude and his approach towards food. I think he's just passionate and very honest. I find him very honest about food and cooking and ingredients and I admire that because I think that it's easy to get away from that for various reasons.
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Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
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Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.
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I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously.
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I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.
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We were offered 100 'Sgt. Pepper' shows in Las Vegas with a huge back-end.
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I don’t write things to benefit the world. If it happens that they do, swell. I didn’t set out to do that. I set out to have a hell of a lot of fun.
