Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address.
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As far as 'Windup Girl' becoming a hit - none of us expected that. 'Night Shade' was just hoping not to lose their shirts, and I had grown up hearing from everyone that science fiction didn't sell, so all of our expectations were very low.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
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I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.
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Refuse to be disheartened, discouraged, distracted from your goals in life.
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I got my Equity Card from Berkeley Rep when I was 22 years old. I was cast in David Saar's 'The Yellow Boat.'
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The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you can now lie, and the politician being promoted on that lie will not be held responsible for it.
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The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.
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I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take.
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When I was very little, I had an Essex accent.
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In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.
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I polled members of this council separately and it's generally thought we have to work together. But it was a lack of careful consideration that got us into the situation we're in today.
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I'd say for us, obviously we have a long way to go. We're going to have to go home. We've got a lot of work to do.
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Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.” “I hardly think there’s any chance of that,” Amelie said. "I doubt you have the capacity.
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You got a man? That's somethin we will talk about. He's smart enough to have ya, but dumb enough to let ya out.
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What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.
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My favorite pastime is staring out the window. When I go on tour, I can spend hours and hours just staring out the window, thinking about nothing. I love all that.
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It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.
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With all the auditions you do, there is a lot of rejection you have to take as well. You get used to that.
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The threads of circumstance that lead to tomorrow are so tenuous that all the fussing and worrying about decisions is futile compared to the pure randomness of existence.
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You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address.
