Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes

This was all he wanted now. Some signs that the immense world would accept him and give him the long time he needed to think all the things that must be thought.

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• Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.

  

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• Be who you are and be that well.

  

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• I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.

  

  Natalie Dormer
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• Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.

  

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• Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.

  

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• I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'

  

  Olivia De Havilland
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• When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American approach earlier than many of his colleagues. Yet in public, he continued to defend the war.

  

  Samantha Power
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• People say they like my fashion-haul videos because it's like you've been shopping with your friends, and you look back over what you have bought.

  

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• I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.

  

  Karen Black
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• It was time to be honest with myself. To survive all the shame this world will throw at you, you have to hold yourself tall, look your accuser straight in the eye. Even if it’s your own face looking back at you.

  

  Nalo Hopkinson
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• A penny saved is two pence clear.

  

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• I will try to keep my homily brief. But be warned - I'm Irish.

  

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• Yeah I'm in love with the girl in the four-wheel driveChrome steel bumpers and red step sideShe has a large time in her large machineMan I wonder how she gets up in that thingIt casts a big shadow sittin' in the sunShe's got it revved up rockin' ready to runAnd someday soon I'm gonna climb right upAnd take a little ride in her big ol' truck.

  

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• Right before I graduated from the national theatre school, I got the part of Roxie Hart in 'Chicago' in Copenhagen. That led to me playing it here in London. I was 26 when I came over for that. It was the first thing I did as a professional, and it is still the experience of my life.

  

  Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
  • Life
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• Joy Division finished the 1970s on a high. Our debut album, 'Unknown Pleasures,' was doing well; we'd just finished a hugely enjoyable and successful tour. The band's profile was higher than it had ever been, and it seemed to be growing by the day.

  

  Bernard Sumner New Order
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• I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.

  

  Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead
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• When I'm in need of a quick meal or party dish, a burger is hands-down my go-to pick! Burgers are easy, fast, and don't even require utensils to eat, making them the perfect get-together main course, tailgating essential, and simple dinner recipe to whip up any night of the week.

  

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• You can't exactly bake a man to your specifications. Most of all, one shouldn't alienate a candidate. A hybrid of Einstein, Tarzan and Inge Meysel doesn't exist. Besides, the images of politicians in the media aren't always accurate. I've had my share of experiences in that regard.

  

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• Mythology contains a rich history of legendary weapons, most famously 'Excalibur,' weapons that could only be used by the pure of heart.

  

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• I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.

  

  Jeremy Irvine

• So, the kind of precious memories about being black for my generation won't exist for my kids' and grandkids' generations unless we preserve them through fiction, through film, through comic books, and every other form of media we can possibly utilize to perpetuate the story of the great African-American people.

  

  Henry Louis Gates
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• She wondered why she, herself, was always touched by such infinitesimal things. Their very homeliness and lack of worth seemed connecting the past with the present all the more. It was true, she thought, that the big things awe us but the little things touch us.

  

  Bess Streeter Aldrich
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• For most actors, it's such a struggle to get work. Once they have it, they feel that there's an enormous amount of pressure on them to make it work, and have everyone love them.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Work
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  • Actors

• This was all he wanted now. Some signs that the immense world would accept him and give him the long time he needed to think all the things that must be thought.

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Long