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John Ridley quotes: You can treat faith as part of people's it's lives.

You can treat faith as part of people's it's lives.

John Ridley 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.

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 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.

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 quotes: Slavery is something that affects all of us. It's all of our history.

Slavery is something that affects all of us. It's all of our history.

John Ridley quotes: Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person.

Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person.

John Ridley quotes: If some of us can get an Oscar for extolling that it's hard out there for a pimp, why can't others of us admonish: 'Then quit acting like a pimp'?

If some of us can get an Oscar for extolling that it's hard out there for a pimp, why can't others of us admonish: 'Then quit acting like a pimp'?

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

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

John Ridley 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.

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 quotes: I've written films that are violent. I'm not big on sitting and watching violence.

I've written films that are violent. I'm not big on sitting and watching violence.

John Ridley quotes: Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

John Ridley quotes: For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.

For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.

John Ridley quotes: We all hope that the police and prosecutors are objective. That's their job, but sometimes it's not true.

We all hope that the police and prosecutors are objective. That's their job, but sometimes it's not true.

John Ridley 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.

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 quotes: I don't know what's hipper: to Facebook or to Twitter. I just know for me, personally, discretion never went out of style.

I don't know what's hipper: to Facebook or to Twitter. I just know for me, personally, discretion never went out of style.

John Ridley quotes: When entertainment works the best, you're creating an apparatus to convey emotions.

When entertainment works the best, you're creating an apparatus to convey emotions.

John Ridley quotes: Whatever you do, whether you're doing a television drama or a romantic comedy, you want to be relevant, to some degree.

Whatever you do, whether you're doing a television drama or a romantic comedy, you want to be relevant, to some degree.

John Ridley 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.

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 quotes: Bigots are actually funny to me in the way that people who still wear parachute pants give me a chuckle.

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

John Ridley quotes: I think I'm an overly emotional person. I feel a lot, but I don't believe that's unique to me or that's how I am able to do the things I

I think I'm an overly emotional person. I feel a lot, but I don't believe that's unique to me or that's how I am able to do the things I do.

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

Facts tend to take the punch out of a good hate rant and are therefore left best unsaid.

John Ridley quotes: Depending on which side you're on, maybe the police are too objective and need to be a bit more subjective.

Depending on which side you're on, maybe the police are too objective and need to be a bit more subjective.

John Ridley quotes: Oh, happy day when the enemies of ascendancy have got to confess that people of color rock.

Oh, happy day when the enemies of ascendancy have got to confess that people of color rock.

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

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

John Ridley quotes: There's no substitute for imagination, but creativity is only enhanced when forged with life experience.

There's no substitute for imagination, but creativity is only enhanced when forged with life experience.

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

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

John Ridley 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.'

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 quotes: There is not a country on earth whose people don't deserve to be free and safe.

There is not a country on earth whose people don't deserve to be free and safe.

John Ridley quotes: I want to explore different topics and present them in slightly different ways.

I want to explore different topics and present them in slightly different ways.

John Ridley 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.

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 quotes: Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.

Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.

John Ridley quotes: I've never been much of a European traveler. London once on a book tour, and Italy because that's where Ferraris are from. That's about it.

I've never been much of a European traveler. London once on a book tour, and Italy because that's where Ferraris are from. That's about it.

John Ridley 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.

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 quotes: When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.

When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.

John Ridley quotes: I'm sorry, but chick fights are sexy. If you don't think so, you're either an uptight woman or a lying man.

I'm sorry, but chick fights are sexy. If you don't think so, you're either an uptight woman or a lying man.