John Ridley Quotes

If faux liberal white guys want to support and defend Obama, by all means please do so. But I would suggest they try to limit that support to matters of policy and not perspectives on race.

John Ridley

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I'm a fan first and foremost. I get caught up in the drama, the emotion of what is happening, whether it's a boxing match, an MMA fight, a kickboxing contest, or a WWE matchup. I want to tell the story and paint more pictures.

Mauro Ranallo

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When I was in college, there were dollar movie nights. I went to see 'The Long Goodbye,' which was based on one of Chandler's books but was contemporary and set in Los Angeles in 1973. I loved the movie, which motivated me to read the book.

Michael Connelly

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We are what we see. We are products of our surroundings.

Amber Valletta

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When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides.

Louis C. K.

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Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

Arthur Golden

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If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard, and some people think it's boring.

William J. Clinton

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The best sort of activity is one that combines mental effort with sensuous delight. That's why I love drawing.

Philip Pullman

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I'm happy that I wrote 'How Should a Person Be?' and I wouldn't have written that exact book if we had just done the play. So much of the book is about the anxiety of failure - the failure of the play and the failure of the divorce and the failure of not feeling like a good person.

Sheila Heti

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Surrogate motherhood has been the subject of much philosophical and political dispute over the years.

Thomas Frank

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When I have a difficult decision to make, I imagine myself as a 90-year-old guy looking back on his life. I imagine what I'll think about myself at that point in time, and it always makes it really easy to go for it. You're only going to regret that you wimped out.

Nick Woodman

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I have everything I need. Our house is very joyful.

Mariska Hargitay

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Only do what you feel called in your heart to do, and then give all of yourself to the task.

Marianne Williamson

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