Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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Like its Senate counterpart, H.R. 1908 is the product of years of bipartisan collaboration. And now, by passing S. 1145, the U.S. Senate has a similar opportunity to restore our patent regime to its rightful position of protecting inventors' property rights and spurring innovation. These are values that all Americans should rally behind.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.
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You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.
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I love New York. A part of me will always be here. What can I say.
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I used to be able to eat and drink whatever I wanted. But now, when I'm in a suit and tie all the time, sitting and being driven, you can just feel your body.
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It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
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There's a huge part of me that's thinking about perfection. I have to fight that urge, to try to live in the moment, reach for something that I might be hearing, and not second-guess myself.
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If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
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People don't want to embrace culture shifts because it's not going to happen in the next 20 minutes.
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I could spend several hours on YouTube every night. It's all there. I just don't have enough time.
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The slaves of today will become the tyrants of tomorrow--the proletariat overthrows the hegemon to become the hegemon itself, only to be eventually overthrown by a proto-hegemon that will in turn lose its position. It is this dizzying cycle that keeps humanity chasing the tail it lost millennia ago
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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Whenever I look at the history of presidents I deeply admire - the one thing that I'm always struck by is persistence. It's a quality that's underrated. Being able to plough through, being able to stay buoyant in the face of challenges.
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Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.
