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Been Quotes by John Ridley

8 Been quotes by John Ridley

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John Ridley’s eight thoughts on ‘Been’ capture his knack for turning simple phrasing into something resonant. The collection is small, yet each quote hints at the depth of his storytelling instincts, perfect for a quick dive into his view of the past.

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I haven't tweeted once in my life, but I'm sick of hearing about it already. What once may have been the cool…

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Governmental intervention and personal responsibility are not mutually exclusive issues, but they do frame a 'do it ourselves' vs. 'what are you…

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I don't really have anything against the French except that, as an American, I've been bred to despise them with the same…

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There remains a degree of anti-black intellectualism in entertainment. Middle and upper-middle class blacks have often been portrayed as buffoons in popular…

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Bad news: Complainers are rewarded for complaining. Indicative of the victim culture in which we live, people have not only come to…

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I'm John the Fourth, so I think there's a lot of things in life that have been truly handed to me by…

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From the moment we were first dumped in Jamestown and had our teeth checked before getting sold off and later considered three-fifths…

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

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While most trudge through their days straight-jacketed in the social compact, living for others as much as or more than for themselves, a select…

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Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to love whom they choose…

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For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History Month or…

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As long as we remain committed to holding high our individuals of supreme finish, others will be inspired to loose themselves of the gravity…

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

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I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them again. I…

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So, is Hollywood anti-religion? Not in my opinion. But unlike, say, politicians and preachers who talk faith before going off to speak in tongues…

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I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold…

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

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