Terrence J (Terrence Jenkins) Quotes
I've really learned to compartmentalize the different parts of my life. I work really hard.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
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I just want to be a little more real. Maybe I'm a little bit darker than others.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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Not only are a voteless people a hopeless people. A non-producing people are hopeless also.
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I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to preach. I should not willingly forego being a listener, a man who reads the Gospels and then listens to what others say that our Lord meant. But sometimes a listener speaks out, and listens to his own voice.
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We can conceive of various kinds of democracy. But my intention is not to treat of every kind, but of that only, 'wherein all, without exception, who owe allegiance to the laws of the country only, and are further independent and of respectable life, have the right of voting in the supreme council and of filling the offices of the dominion.'
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The quality of life of European cities and towns of almost any size make life in America look not just like a joke, but a sick joke, a horror movie. But I'd rather stay involved and do what I can to make this a better place than move to the south of France and enjoy the good life.
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You have to create little pockets of joy in your life to take care of yourself.
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The Qur'an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth.
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The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.
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I've really learned to compartmentalize the different parts of my life. I work really hard.
