Ray Bradbury

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“When they give you lined paper, write the other way.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“Without the library, you have no civilization.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“War is a bad thing, but peace can be a living horror”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't "try" to do things. You simply "must" do things.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“First you jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“I have two rules in life - to hell with it, whatever it is, and get your work done.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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“Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.”

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"Don’t let people interfere with you. Boot ’em out, turn off the phone, hide away, get it done."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"If someone tells you to do something for money, tell them to go to hell."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"I don’t write things to benefit the world. If it happens that they do, swell. I didn’t set out to do that. I set out to have a hell of a lot of fun."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

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"Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it."

― Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)