Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
If you write a hundred short stories and they're all bad, that doesn't mean you've failed. You fail only if you stop writing.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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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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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people assume you're a Democrat.
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Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.
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I keep saying, the older I get, the younger my audience gets. Because 'Wicked' and 'Rent' and 'Glee,' each one was a young audience, so it's a great thing to have, so then you know that as they get older and have kids, they'll maybe still buy tickets to my shows when I'm 80 and in Vegas!
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I met Patti Smith, which is not Hollywood, but that really blew my mind. I love her. We were at a very small party, too, on a boat, and I totally fanned out. I told her that I loved her, and wasn't cool at all.
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It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
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It often happens that you leave your house in the dark, shoot on a sound stage without natural lighting, and then go home in the dark. A whole week can go past, and it can feel like 12 hours.
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The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life.
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When police are shutting down cameras, it is a sign that they know the truth is not going to be kind to them.
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I put a lot of faith in dreams. I know that big movie roles and opportunities are going to happen.
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Being timeless means you can listen to something when you're feeling a certain way, and it still has that same power as it did when you listened to the record for the first time. Timeless is abnormal. It sticks out. It can't be recreated.
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I'm a believer in challenging myself and overcoming challenges by doing things I've never done before.
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The future is always a dystopia in movies.
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A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds.
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I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.
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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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And I know how he feels—it’s so good it hurts. I think I’m going to die from happiness. I think I’m going to die from pain. Time has stopped; time is racing.
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If you write a hundred short stories and they're all bad, that doesn't mean you've failed. You fail only if you stop writing.
