Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
I do a first draft as passionately and as quickly as I can. I believe a story is valid only when it's immediate and passionate, when it dances out of your subconscious. If you interfere in any way, you destroy it.
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I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.
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In the midst of the heartbreak and wreckage of 9-11, the world also witnessed what is America's greatest strength. Firefighters, nurses, police officers, first responders and local residents worked around the clock to rescue and care for those injured.
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Stop the traffic...let 'em through.
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Wall Street had been doing business with pieces of paper; and now someone asked for a dollar, and it was discovered that the dollar had been mislaid.
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One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.
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You are my girlfriend," whispered Matthew. " You're my girl and I'm your guy, and you're my girl and I'm your guy. Let's not fight." -pg 126
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Would a man ever be called vain for speaking his mind?
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I've watched it on and off. I don't know why everyone is fascinated by it.
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Men must teach each other that real men do not violate or oppress women - and that a woman's place is not just in the home or the field, but in schools and offices and boardrooms.
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This decree is very serious and we will not allow it to pass unopposed. (on Israel offers 10-month West Bank settlement freeze)
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You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else's mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.
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Being aggressive is a lot less risky in the end. Are you going to eat your lunch, or have your lunch eaten for you.
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Whether running, biking, swimming, or dancing, I just like to always be on the move.
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A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything.
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No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that. The magazine stories make it sound like Mark Zuckerberg woke up one day and wanted to redefine how the world communicates [by creating] a billion-dollar company. He didn't.
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I do a first draft as passionately and as quickly as I can. I believe a story is valid only when it's immediate and passionate, when it dances out of your subconscious. If you interfere in any way, you destroy it.
