Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
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I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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Make health care a right, not a privilege.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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In the Andes and the Alps, I have seen melting glaciers. At both of the Earth's Poles, I have seen open sea where ice once dominated the horizon.
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
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Daisy was a consciously happy young woman without any of the usual endowments that make for conscious happiness, money apart. She was not pretty, she was not clever, she had no friends, no talents, nor even an imagination to make her think she was happy when she was really miserable. As she was never miserable, she had no need of an imagination.
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When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of 'No answer.' It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, 'Peace, child; you don't understand.'
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The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple – to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.
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I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.
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Being your own woman, not cookie cutter - that is the greatest luxury!
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Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.
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Growing up in Canada, I dated a few ice hockey players.
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We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith.
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It's not about having a plethora of suits, but having a few good ones. It's all about fit. The contour of your body. If your shoulders are broad, you shouldn't have shoulder pads. If you're not a big man, you shouldn't have extra space. I think it's definitely worth having it properly fitted.
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My accent does slip. When I arrived in England in 1978 at 18, I was shocked to find myself 'the American' at RADA. The English and the Americans have an intense relationship. They helped us out in the Second World War.
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I think everything has to come from something that you feel comfortable with and want to be in and sometimes we try to negotiate that limit, but it's not always easy to find the right balance.
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Working on 'Outlander' has been a delight, it really has. I had kind of forgotten what Scotland was like, and I'd turned into a bit of a Londoner.
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The vain being is the really solitary being.
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Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.
