Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
My stories are warnings; they're not predictions. If they were predictions, I wouldn't do them. Because then I'd be part of the doom-ridden psychology. But every time I name a problem, I try to give a solution.
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I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.
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I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.
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I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.
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My own experience but confirms the opinion that the Musalman as a rule is a bully, and the Hindu as rule is a coward.
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At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of the morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day, God willing, we shall get in.
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In Tulsa, it was sports or nothing.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm going to play the young role as long as I can because once that ship has sailed, there's no getting back on it.
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Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel.
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All across this world, especially within the African diaspora, we feel like there is a constant devaluing of our culture and our livelihood.
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I love that there are beaches you can walk your dog on in San Francisco. Fort Funston is big and always packed with hundreds of dogs and their people. A great place to hike and get some exercise and fresh air with your well-mannered pup. Not recommended for antisocial dogs; there's just too much commotion there.
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My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere.
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Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
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I am divorced, and one of the things I am tremendously grateful for is that my ex-husband and I made a decision to go through mediation. I knew a trial would drag on for years, would cost me everything, but worse, would be devastating for our four small children.
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It's great to have the chance to play a character before he goes to the dark side, or the yellow side if you will. Normally, you don't get that opportunity. The narrative of a movie usually demands that you are that guy from the start.
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There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.
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The topic of slavery is like an electric fence. Touch it and people will react.
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Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.
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Any songs that I like, I sort of rinse them out.
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My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.
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We are always looking for a small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London.
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No matter which concern, problem or life-issue we may want to work on, risking and beginning to talk about it with a safe person or persons is a way out of the unnecessary burden of remaining silent. And when we tell our story from our hearts, bones and guts, we discover the truth about ourselves. Doing so is healing
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From a long view of the history of mankind the most significant event of the nineteenth century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics.
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I feel sick if I have to do something for the money. I can't breathe. I'm not proud of myself.
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My stories are warnings; they're not predictions. If they were predictions, I wouldn't do them. Because then I'd be part of the doom-ridden psychology. But every time I name a problem, I try to give a solution.
