David Edward Jenkins Quotes
No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
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That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.
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I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
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I mean, I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.
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Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.
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The human condition comprehends more than the condition under which life has been given to man. Men are conditioned beings because everything they come in contact with turns immediately into a condition of their existence. The world in which the vita activa spends itself consists of things produced by human activities; but the things that owe their existence exclusively to men nevertheless constantly condition their human makers.
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No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening.
