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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A personal game-changer was when Ridley Scott cast me as King John, the King of England, for 'Robin Hood.' — Oscar Isaac

For every horrific event, something beautiful happens. — John Ridley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Raiders of the Lost Ark' made me want to make films. I am wild about the films of John Carpenter, Ridley Scott, Howard Hawks and Sam Peckinpah. — Neil Marshall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's hard to imagine a place like that really exists. People have been judging me my whole life. — Kami Garcia

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

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

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

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