John Ridley quotes

“For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History Month or enjoying south-of-the-bo rder cuisine on Cinco de Mayo. It means talking to and spending time with kids not like them so that they may discover those kids are in fact just like them.”
-- John Ridley

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#Children Quotes #Real Quotes #Kids Quotes

“It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement .”
-- John Ridley

Source : "Fear of a Hip-Hop Planet: America's New Dilemma". Book by D. Marvin Jones, 2013.

#Achievement Quotes #Black Quotes #Individuality Quotes

“Gay marriage will be universally accepted in time. But if I may be so bold as to say to gays and lesbians, don't wait for that time to arrive. Just as my father and his generation did not 'wait' for their civil rights, nor should you. The toothpaste ain't going back in the tube. The tide has turned.”
-- John Ridley

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#Father Quotes #Gay Quotes #Rights Quotes

“As a writer, as a storyteller, you have to have your emotions close, and the older I've gotten, the less I've worried about not displaying emotions.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

#Emotion Quotes #Worried Quotes #Storyteller Quotes

“I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I always liked storytelling.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

#Writing Quotes #Decision Quotes #Trying Quotes

“We see films all the time, whether they have access to all kinds of intellectual property or artifacts, and the one thing that they don't get is story. So I think whether you're talking about a biopic or an action film or a science-fiction film that has all the CGI in the world, if you're not trying to connect with an audience, it doesn't really matter.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

#Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“When it comes to fighting for freedom, those who are willing to fight should not be limited by our bigotry. Only rewarded with our gratitude.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#Gratitude Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Should Quotes

“My kids will find me walking around the house talking to myself and think I'm going crazy. I like to read the scripts out loud and really get the rhythm for the dialogue.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

#Crazy Quotes #Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I want to explore different topics and present them in slightly different ways.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Source: collider.com

#Different Quotes #Want Quotes #Way Quotes

“For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#Beautiful Quotes #Events Quotes #Horrific Quotes

“Facts tend to take the punch out of a good hate rant and are therefore left best unsaid.”
-- John Ridley

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#Hate Quotes #Facts Quotes #Unsaid Quotes

“With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#People Quotes #Politician Quotes #Obvious Quotes

“I never wanted to show up and just say, "Okay, what are we doing today? Let's wing it!"”
-- John Ridley

Source : Source: collider.com

#Wings Quotes #Today Quotes #Okay Quotes

“There is not a country on earth whose people don't deserve to be free and safe.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Barack Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#Morning Quotes #Clever Quotes #Light Quotes

“When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Source: collider.com

#Real Quotes #Character Quotes #Doors Quotes

“I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.”
-- John Ridley

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#Men Quotes #People Quotes #Hollywood Quotes

“As a coping mechanism, or as a way to make a little hard count by shilling demons in the shadows, I try not to belittle the thought process of the conspiracy theorists. As a cocktail waitress in Vegas once schooled me: never get down on anybody else's hustle.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#Vegas Quotes #Coping Mechanisms Quotes #Hustle Quotes

“You can treat faith as part of people's it's lives.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Source: collider.com

#People Quotes #Treats Quotes

“I've no desire to start a movement, to be the first name on an open petition, or to be the poster child for disgruntled writers.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#Children Quotes #Names Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Bigots are actually funny to me in the way that people who still wear parachute pants give me a chuckle.”
-- John Ridley

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes #Way Quotes

“Even I haven't downed enough L.A. Kool-Aid to believe that somehow Hollywood movies are an overt instrument of morality.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#Believe Quotes #Hollywood Quotes #Morality Quotes

“I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up with black folks.'”
-- John Ridley

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#Black Quotes #Littles Quotes #Tire Quotes

“Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.”
-- John Ridley

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

#College Quotes #Care Quotes #Vote Quotes