Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
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I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.
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The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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I always liked spy stories.
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The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
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I've always been very tied to language.
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
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Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy.
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Control your own destiny or someone else will.
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Scrawling 'I'm gay' in lipstick on your parents' bedroom mirror may demonstrate a personal signature of the highest style, but is not particularly sensitive to their feelings. Upon hearing me utter those words almost twenty years ago, my own mother did what and self-respecting middle-class mom would do: went directly into a seizure.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.
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I've always been someone who, without wanting to or without trying to, I draw attention to myself sometimes in negative ways. It made me sharp, and it made me quick.
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You do take a beating in professional wrestling. But I love it.
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People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.
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If my children want to pursue their dreams, I will always support them.
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Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do.
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I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
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It is high time that the Arab world's professed desire for peace is matched by responsible action, and not more of the same equivocation.
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Reverend King knew that the path to success could not be zero-sum—our side wins and your side loses.
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Science Fiction has always been and will always be a fable teacher of morality.
