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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One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.
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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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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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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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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
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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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I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my career.
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When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.
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When you're working from home and you've got children, a big night out is going to Pizza Express down the road.
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Flattery, in Tuppence’s opinion, should always be laid on with a trowel where a man is concerned.
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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.
