Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Way out in the country tonight he could smell the pumpkins ripening toward the knife and the triangle eye and the singeing candle.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!
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All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.
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To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
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Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.
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I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.
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Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.
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America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most educated workforce in the world.
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I think 'Lovin' Feelin' was probably one of the most - probably in '64 and '65, one of the more dramatic love songs for these kids to grab hold of. I mean, they had been listening to, you know, kind of cute songs, and 'Lovin' Feelin' was just a strong, powerful song.
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We should never forget that Americans continue to advocate for individual liberty, equality and self-governance. We often step in when it's necessary to help countries in need. But our history needs no whitewashing. To attempt this does us a terrible disservice.
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To each his own. You like what you like. If you want someone who's big-boned and you like that, ain't nothing wrong with having a little extra meat on there. If you like them thin-boned, then that's okay, too.
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My dad founded the 'Rancho Santa Fe Times' and won a lot of journalism awards.
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Women are really scrutinised for what they wear.
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I did a live late-night talk show called 'Creation Nation' with friends of mine. I had a sidekick and a band, and I wrote the whole thing. And it had the form of a late-night talk show, but we did it on stage because no one was giving me a TV show at the time.
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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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The thing is, it's that Detroiters are hard workers. We've always been hard workers, even when times are down. I've been able to take that with me, that work ethic, to help me build my career.
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I feel I'm probably the luckiest guy on the planet to lead Accenture.
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Just as soon as we notice that someone has to force himself to pay attention when dealing and talking with us, we have a valid demonstration that he does not love us or that he does not love us anymore.
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We've got great potential in our country and the only way we're going to make sure kids are getting the degrees that they need, make sure we're getting through that red tape, is by working together.
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Working with women survivors of war has taught me that we need to listen to women's perspectives on war in order to understand how to effectively rebuild a country, a community and a family.
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Way out in the country tonight he could smell the pumpkins ripening toward the knife and the triangle eye and the singeing candle.
