John Ridley Quotes
Governmental intervention and personal responsibility are not mutually exclusive issues, but they do frame a 'do it ourselves' vs. 'what are you doing for us' debate. For the black community, that's a debate that's been raging at least as far back as the W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington philosophical grudge matches.
John Ridley
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
W. Bruce Cameron
The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
Jaan Tallinn
I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
Taylor Sheridan
When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.
Daniel Espinosa
The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.
Orison Swett Marden
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
Irvin S. Cobb
I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'
Kaskade
Real people - the interesting ones, anyway - don't remain static, and neither do the ones I write about. Changes take place, and they react to them.
P. N. Elrod
To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
Barbara Tuchman
What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and fairly answered. No man can possibly be happy in a place where he is not in his element and where all around him is not congenial to his tastes, habits and character.
J. C. Ryle
It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.
Carlos Slim
