Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
I was one of Them: the Strange Ones. The Funny People. The Odd Tribes of autograph collectors and photographers. The Ones who waited through long days and nights, who used other people's dreams for their lives.
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
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Often it seems that there are writers who are their best selves on the page. That Seamus Heaney was as genuine and deeply admirable in person as in his poems was to me a gift, then as now.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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I have a 'Mailer-Breslin and the 51st State' poster, and a neon-pink sign of Raoul's in SoHo, one of my favorite restaurants.
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You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.
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They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
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Impatience is a virtue.
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If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth.
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Is there not a sort of remorse that precedes sin? Was it remorse at the very fact that I existed?
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I remember wanting to do something about that enormous-faced wristwatch she was wearing - perhaps suggest that she try wearing it around her waist.
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In India, we have a concept of caste. It has a concept of escape velocity. If one belongs to a backward caste and wants to attain success then one needs an escape velocity to attain that success. Dalits in this country need the escape velocity of Jupiter to attain success.
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You know, people aren't watching a network: they're watching cable channels.
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You get your dream job and, in my opinion, despite anything they might say about you professionally or personally, you shut up, and you just do the job - and enjoy it.
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I couldn't think of anything worse than hating your own music and having to play it every night. It would be a nightmare.
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I went to Elon University and studied musical theater. I usually did two musicals a year, but I also did a couple of plays. That was sort of always where I felt the most relaxation.
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She said we got to get his name off the title.
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I was one of Them: the Strange Ones. The Funny People. The Odd Tribes of autograph collectors and photographers. The Ones who waited through long days and nights, who used other people's dreams for their lives.
