Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.
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I've always liked street lights, and I've always photographed them. I probably have a collection of two to three thousand photographs of them, just around the city, mainly at night.
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You don't have to paint your walls lime green just to try to have your home feel decorated. If you're a classic dresser or preppy dresser or a modern dresser, you wear a lot of black - whatever it is - your home should reflect that as well.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
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I think there's a tendency to think geeks and nerds are just sweet guys that were picked on, but that hasn't been my experience. I'm certainly not like that, in a lot of ways.
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I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them?
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I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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Being inspired is one thing, but completely knocking off a design is another. There is a big difference.
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According to Celtic law, all sons equally divided the inheritance and principalities of their father.
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You fall for who the chemistry is with.
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If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.
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Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
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If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
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I think the world is crumbling when I have a bad game.
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The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.
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I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out that way - is try to make challenging music that flirts with accessibility.
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There's nothing like taking Proust to the beach and daydreaming along to it.
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Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
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At least half of your mind is always thinking, I'll be leaving; this won't last. It's a good Buddhist attitude. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I'm just sad.
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I didn't grow up with a lot of money, but I grew up with a lot of opportunities that many people don't have.
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Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.
