Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Forgive, I hope you won't be upset, but when I was a boy I used to look up and see you behind your desk, so near but far away, and, how can I say this, I used to think that you were Mrs. God, and that the library was a whole world, and that no matter what part of the world or what people or thing I wanted to see and read, you'd find and give it to me.
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I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.
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I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're so sexy,' I just don't get that. There's no way one man can be universally sexy.
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I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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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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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
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In the West, if a city faces financial difficulties, it'll go bankrupt. But in China, cities will be subsidised by the Ministry of Finance. So some small- and medium-sized cities aren't worried about going bankrupt. They figure the central government will help them out.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
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So you have to keep waiting and then they give you the script and it's terrible. Then you have to go to the rewrite and they're very upset because you didn't like it. I went through that for seven years.
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If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz.
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When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
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I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!
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Water.
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I saw Len Hutton in his prime,Another time, another time.
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The first wealth is health.
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African-Americans don't need handouts and donations; we can hire ourselves if white corporate America does business with us in a fair and equitable way.
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Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism.
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Elena wondered if Michaela was waiting to be served. Snorting inwardly at the idea, she poured her own coffee—and, because she was feeling generous, and okay, maybe because she wanted to irritate Michaela—Raphael’s as well. Then she put down the carafe.
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Forgive, I hope you won't be upset, but when I was a boy I used to look up and see you behind your desk, so near but far away, and, how can I say this, I used to think that you were Mrs. God, and that the library was a whole world, and that no matter what part of the world or what people or thing I wanted to see and read, you'd find and give it to me.
