Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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I was initially a leading man, but only on television.
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Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ultimate'. I guess the obvious would be Tom Hanks, because he really is as fun and as genuine as he comes across in his films and interviews.
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The current approach that psychiatry takes almost ignores social worlds in which mental health problems arise and tries to become highly biomedical like other branches of medicine such as cardiology or oncology. But psychiatry has to be far more embedded in people's personal and social worlds.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.
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As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.
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There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.
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I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.
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The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and over again.
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It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.
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If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practised at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.
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El matador de almas no mata cien almas; mata una alma sola, cien veces.
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In my new IFC comedy game show, 'Bunk,' we actually use our intern Patrick as a human timer - giving contestants the time it takes for him to wade through a bag of broken glass for a razor blade, to get gum out of his hair, to pick up every strand from a box of spaghetti I spill on the floor, etc, etc.
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All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.
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Acting has always been such escapism for me.
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Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth offered Mary the loyal, steadfast friendship she craved but had always found so elusive.
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When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going.
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I was born Roman, and I'll die Roman. I'll never leave this team or my city.
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I am married to work.
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My business is to prevent the future.
