John Ridley Quotes
At the risk of sounding like that old guy in 'Gran Torino' telling those 'young punks' to 'get off my lawn,' it's gotten to the point that whenever I hear somebody talking about Twitter or twittering or tweeting, it just makes my little tummy want to hurl.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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To oppose something is to maintain it.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface is normally laid out in a similar way. Depending on the program, the sounds might be quite different, but they tend to all have a drum machine or synthesizer or a sampler.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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The goal must be to expand ourselves beyond one field of focus and use our improved access to information to solve the very real and extreme economic, environmental, and resource challenges we face as an interconnected, global society.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.
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Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.
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Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?
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I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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Satire doesn't effect change.
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You know, I stumble about what I'm going to do. I don't plan. I've never had ambitions.
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You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue.
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Cinema is a great binding force for a nation.
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I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.
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I think it really holds you back having to think about your image.
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At the risk of sounding like that old guy in 'Gran Torino' telling those 'young punks' to 'get off my lawn,' it's gotten to the point that whenever I hear somebody talking about Twitter or twittering or tweeting, it just makes my little tummy want to hurl.
