Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
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I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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I was the first to advocate the Web. But I am very troubled by this thing that every kid must have a laptop computer. The kids are totally in the computer age. There's a whole new brain operation that's being moulded by the computer.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.
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I love the ultimate escapism of paranormal and fantasy - all of the otherworldly creatures, magic, and possibilities that transport both reader and writer away from reality for a while - it's such delicious fun!
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No matter where you are, depression responds to the same treatment.
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London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with.
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Life is full of surprises: new opportunities come up; that's part of the fun - the adventure of life. The thing is, chaos doesn't allow us to enjoy the adventure.
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Play me no plays.
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'I am of no faith,' said Aenea. 'If one defines faith as belief in the supernatural.'
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I hate SF books that think all you need to make a book is cool technology and mind-bending ideas without a decent plot or characters. And I hate when fantasy books are allowed to ramble off into five hundred page diatribes which don't advance the story one bit.
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At the beginning, because the lives of the hostages were at stake, then during this silent period we have taken several measures like not accepting the ultimatum of the terrorists threatening to kill our foreign affairs minister.
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I remember my first kisses with a lot of people, and they're rad experiences. And you don't have to really take it to that next level because that's what keeps it exciting.
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I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.
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My family barbecued a lot; good barbecue is more complicated than you think.
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I write and draw from the gut. I often don't know what my stories are about until they're done.
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I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.
