John Ridley Quotes

Why don't we hear more about and from Asians when it comes to race in America? Are Asians the new Invisible Man - there but not there? In some ways, yeah. Blacks and whites are always carping about the metrics of racism. And any conversation about immigration reform is immediately flipped into a referendum on Hispanics.

John Ridley

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'Malandrinas' means 'bad girls,' but not bad in a negative way. I wrote it in homage to my female fans.

Jenni Rivera

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I kind of have this sense of mission now when we talk about success: I'd really like Whole Foods to contribute to the healing of America, and the success of that may be measured in decades rather than in months, but I think we're on the way to doing it.

John Mackey

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I hate to give myself credit for anything, but I will say I really enjoy, as an actor, and especially with comedy stuff, playing with different rhythms and with different ways around a joke. There's always an obvious route, and there's one that maybe is a little bit different.

Max Greenfield

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Film is forever.

Angela Bassett

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There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.

Stephen Hopkins

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Wrestling has a tremendous entrance plan. You come in, and it's, 'Boy, here you are. It's rock and roll; it's wonderful.' It's got no exit plan.

Roddy Piper

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We can't allow ourselves to descend down the rabbit hole of unbridled partisanship for partisan sake.

Mike Quigley

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I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.

Dolly Parton

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Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times.

Allen Klein

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It is very much in America's national security interests to ensure that the Taliban do not dominate Afghanistan and that neither ISIS nor al Qaeda continues their growth in the country.

Peter Bergen

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Being from New York, there's three things you know about Hollywood. You know about the Hollywood sign, Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard with the stars.

Sean Combs

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I was not pushed into the business by anything other than my own ambition and my own dream of wanting to act.

Tina Majorino

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