John Ridley Quotes
I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them again. I hope I'm savvy enough to do them in the right way.
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I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
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Two young actresses I admire are Emma Stone and Emma Watson, because they are intelligent, talented actresses and have a great sense of humor. They have learned to balance what they love in life - acting, school and everything else.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.
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If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the decision-making process. The major economic countries of the world will enter into those agreements.
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If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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To be a more efficient, faster, and cheaper way to send money around the world, you have to be able to get in and out of Bitcoin. You need to have a liquid exchange on either end of the corridor.
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Any acting is a stretch of the imagination. That's your job. Acting is truth in imaginary circumstances. Acting with green screen or a motion capture stage, you're striving for absolute truth in absolutely imaginary circumstances.
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I think I was born to be an actor.
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Hello, my name is Zach Galifianakis, and I hope I'm pronouncing that right.
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Being your own woman, not cookie cutter - that is the greatest luxury!
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I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them again. I hope I'm savvy enough to do them in the right way.
