Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers.
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For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.
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If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.
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I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.
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Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
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Listen, acting is not surgery, it's entertainment. You're doing something to hopefully move people, to make them laugh, to transport them. But actors are vulnerable, and the reason we're vulnerable is that we're always trying to recreate human behaviour.
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I have no intention of ever writing beauty tips on how to make an African-American nose look slimmer or Asian eyes look bigger. That's degrading. Asian eyes are what's beautiful about you and what makes you different.
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I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.
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Most of the available Indian films in Australia are Bollywood. I did not watch them. In my early days, I watched Satyajit Ray's 'Apu Trilogy,' which was a beautiful take on social realism.
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All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way.
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Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.
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My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about.
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My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that's obviously modern with it. You can't put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle.
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You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree.
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Before we made films about gangsters, everything was about the royal families. They contain so much drama.
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Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe.
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Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment.
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Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.
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Knowing that language has done so much, we want to believe that it can do everything.
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I think with certain artists you want to hear their album... and then there are other artists who I like where maybe it's more about the single. I don't think there is going to be one way that everything works.
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And suddenly everything, absolutely everything, was there.
