Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.
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I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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I was rubbish at school.
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I'm not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe.
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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
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We will fight and defend my good name in the European court. We have to be strong and defend Ukraine from this authoritarianism.
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All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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People want you to fail.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe - how to observe - what symptoms indicate improvement - what the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are the evidence of neglect - and of what kind of neglect.
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You're filmed that one very special day of the pageant, and you want to make sure you're as ready to go as you can be.
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I have a massive phobia for schedules and calendars. I need people to tell me where I need to be. I can't bear to see it in black and white. I think it's a fear of being pinned down.
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Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down.
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If you're doing television, you get to be a character for a long time, and the cast around you becomes like family. You get attached to playing that one character, and it's hard leaving them behind.
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When I was 11 I became a massive fan of The Monkees. We had a so-called 'band' of kids on my street and we'd go along to people's houses and mime to Monkees records.
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I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.
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Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;Fairer than morning, lovelier than the daylight,Dawns the sweet consciousness, - I am with Thee.
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What interests me is the transformation, not the monument. I don't construct ruins, but I feel ruins are moments when things show themselves. A ruin is not a catastrophe. It is the moment when things can start again.
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Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.
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We all know that being able to express deep emotion can literally save a person's life, and suppressing emotion can kill you both spiritually and physically.
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Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.
