John Ridley Quotes
Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investigation. But give somebody an avatar and a URL, and he can't tweet, post or hyperlink enough personal information about himself to as many people as possible.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick.
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Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the leader of a street gang. Well, OK, it was less a street gang than an Ecology Club. We were pretty intimidating, though, and had our own meeting room until we got run out of there by a bunch of thugs from the Poetry Society.
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Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions.
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Apparently, the city of Delhi is a 'character' in my novels. I'd argue that it's a ... city... in my novels.
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I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.
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I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
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I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.
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Everybody besides my piano player has been with me since the very first day. We were a four-piece band for a solid two years. It was me playing acoustic and rhythm electric guitar, a bass player, a drummer and a lead guitar player. For a couple of years, we sounded like the Foo Fighters.
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People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
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The purpose of Disneyland is to make people smile.
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Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that people start emphasizing what we have in common.
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Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investigation. But give somebody an avatar and a URL, and he can't tweet, post or hyperlink enough personal information about himself to as many people as possible.
