"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."

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John Ridley

#Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.”
“Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.”
“Since you know the means of getting better, in the name of God, make use of them. Do not take on anything beyond your strength, do not be anxious, do not take things too much to heart, go gently, do not work too long or too hard.”
“Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.”
“The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.”
“I think we tend to write more uplifting and vibrant music when we're in bleak and lonely surroundings. I think it's because you're channeling your loneliness in a way that you're trying to escape to your situation.”

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“Silence, that inspired dealer, takes the day's deck, the life, all in a crazy heap, lays it out, and plays its flawless hand of solitaire, every card in place. Scoops them up, and does it all over again.”
“I've never really thought of myself as depressed so much as I am paralyzed by hope.”

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