Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.
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Elves are cool, man.
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My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to make a critical economic decision or a decision on a weapons system, he did not turn to me and say, 'Hamilton, what in the hell do I do?'
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You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'
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Don't let fear rule your life. Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.
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I think you can't really escape any kind of spiritual education as a child, whether it's New Age or Judaism or Buddhism or whatever it is. You can't escape it, even if you completely disagree with it, you still have it as a foundation that you base things off of.
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America is tough for rock music. Rock n' roll used to be the main music for the youth, and it's not so much anymore. It's hip-hop and stuff.
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The greatest and most valuable resources we have for making crucial decision are knowledge and the amazing brainpower God gave human beings when he created us. That's certainly true for deciding our best response to any risk we ever face.
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What is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem.
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When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.
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Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.
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In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career.
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I didn't play after the Grateful Dead stopped playing. I didn't touch anything for three or four months, and I just got pretty crazy.
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Social sharing of photos - landscapes, selfies, latte-foam art - can spark conversations and deeper engagements.
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I have won trophies around Europe, but never the title. Three times, I was runner-up. Leicester and the fans will be in my heart for all of my life.
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When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.
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The way I try to live is 'Be here now.' Be your best self now.
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My dad had me in Taekwondo when I was a kid, but I didn't retain much of that.
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I'm like a magpie. I use lots of different things to build a character.
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I liked the way that repetition wears things smooth, and there was something of the river stone to Iggie’s stories.
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I'm really calculating when it comes to these scripts - I'm really calculated about character behavior and dialogue.
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The Republicans are wrong in thinking that the rich create jobs. In reality, many of the richest Americans have been investing in efficiency innovations rather than to create jobs. And the Democrats are wrong, because growth won't happen if they distribute the wealth of the wealthy to everyone else.
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It wasn't until I had been writing on and off for maybe ten years that I started to establish any kind of routine, thought I couldn't put a finger on an exact date, and this routine relates simply to the aphorism 'How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.'
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Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.
