John Ridley Quotes

I'm John the Fourth, so I think there's a lot of things in life that have been truly handed to me by the hard work and the pain of others.

John Ridley

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LifeWorkHard WorkPainMeThink

You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to lure them into your universe. That's the art of storytelling.

Jo Nesbo

HomeArtThinkUniverseYouTry

If you're disabled, and you're trying to achieve your dreams, accept the fact right now that you have to work 500 times more than the average bear next to you. Stop bucking for sympathy, put on your titanium legs, and run.

Maysoon Zayid

WorkDreamsYour DreamsSympathyYou

Atheists are pious people.

Max Stirner

PeoplePiousAtheists

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number.

Anna Quindlen

WomenGreatManHonorWeddingEarly

The people who founded America, who fought for its freedom, did not look to anyone else to get them out of their troubles. They took matters into their own hands and answered only to God and their peers. In today's world, sacrifice and hardship are not in the everyday language, and instant gratification is foremost.

Ann Rinaldi

GodTodayFreedomSacrificePeople

Alan Moore's first choice to be the Comedian... was Burt Reynolds. But I never saw myself as Burt Reynolds; I saw myself as Edward Blake.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

MyselfChoiceNeverFirstSawBlake

I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else does.

Stephen Sondheim

FatherMyselfYourselfFunSomeone

Some of us care about this - justice and unity - just because it's in style right now.

Trip Lee

StyleJusticeUnityCareNowRight

I don't know that I want to share all my most intimate secrets.

Tom Stoppard

SecretsKnowWantShareMost

Schools like Doon or Lawrence in Sanawar didn't decide to create leaders when they started. Look at their alumni list today, and you have a former prime minister, Olympic gold medallist, army generals, cabinet ministers, and leaders in different spheres. Some kind of training started at the school level itself that helped create leaders.

Roshni Nadar

TodayTrainingSchoolGoldYouLook

William McKinley Oswald was my high school football coach. He was a great coach and had a profound influence on my life. But I think he could have learned his method of motivating players from an army drill sergeant.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

LifeGreatFootballSchoolThink

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

Don Shula

SuccessGoodPeopleWinGood People

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