Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes

The only good writing is intuitive writing. It would be a big bore if you knew where it was going. It has to be exciting, instantaneous and it has to be a surprise. Then it all comes blurting out and it’s beautiful. I’ve had a sign by my typewriter for 25 years now which reads, ‘DON’T THINK!’

Ray Bradbury

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• If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to be healthier people anyway, we'll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we'll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • People
  • Time
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• I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • Game
  • Play
  • Enjoy

• The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.

  

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • World
  • Model
  • Impossible

• I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Couple
  • Got

• I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Interesting
  • Company
  • Canada

• I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • She
  • Me
  • Team

• My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Training
  • Exercise
  • Healthy

• I always have the impression that I write the same book.

  

  Patrick Modiano
  • Book
  • Write
  • Same

• When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Ride
  • Egypt
  • Outsider

• Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

  

  Ovid
  • High
  • Lovers
  • Smiles

• I was drawing a mandolin, and I made the sound hole very small, which made the mandolin look gigantic. I saw that making the details small made the form monumental. So in my figures, the eyes, the mouth are all small, and the exterior form is huge.

  

  Fernando Botero
  • Small
  • Eyes
  • Drawing

• Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.

  

  Ted Bell
  • Book
  • Me
  • Year

• I've never done this level of physical preparation for something. Particularly for 'Rogue One' where I was training every day and doing kung fu rehearsals on a daily basis. But that's part of the reason I wanted to do it, because it was very different from what I've done before.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Different
  • Done
  • Day

• I don't think I've ever been haunted by a ghost, but I always joke with my fiance about the house we're living in right now. It seems to have something in it.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Think
  • House
  • Always

• There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home.

  

  Fatema Mernissi
  • Women
  • Home
  • Educated

• Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Mind
  • Faith
  • Process

• High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.

  

  Major Owens
  • High
  • Eating
  • Lead

• Only the brave know how to forgive...A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

  

  Laurence Sterne
  • Nature
  • Brave
  • Coward

• The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

  

  Jalal Talabani
  • People
  • Fly

• They smell of all the baths they didnt take. The trouble with China is, there are too many chinks here.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Trouble
  • Smell
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• I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Up
  • Time
  • Positive

• Most of my avant garde fashion is saved for my videos and for the stage. In real life, I tend towards a classy, black Goth look. I love black, a few sparkles, false eyelashes and boots. But when I perform, I love fantasy and props.

  

  Jane Badler
  • Life
  • Real
  • Black

• I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character, I become that character and identify with that character.

  

  George R. R. Martin
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Eyes

• The only good writing is intuitive writing. It would be a big bore if you knew where it was going. It has to be exciting, instantaneous and it has to be a surprise. Then it all comes blurting out and it’s beautiful. I’ve had a sign by my typewriter for 25 years now which reads, ‘DON’T THINK!’

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • Writing
  • Beautiful
  • Surprise