I'm never going to go to Mars, but I've helped inspire, thank goodness, the people who built the rockets and sent our photographic equipment off to Mars.
Interpretation
Inspiring others can lead to great achievements, even if one does not achieve them personally.
This quote by Ray Bradbury emphasizes the importance of inspiration and how it can spark action and innovation in others. While he may not physically travel to Mars himself, he takes pride in having motivated those who did contribute to groundbreaking advancements in space exploration, highlighting that one’s impact can be magnified through the actions of others.
In practice
During a graduation speech about pursuing dreams and influencing others.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.
In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.
If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
our bones like stems into the sky will forever cry victory
I feel like we are at a time of great creativity if we choose to embrace it as such, if we choose to engage the will of our imaginations and imagine another way of being in the world.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken, _x000D_ The crownless again shall be king.
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