Terrence J (Terrence Jenkins) Quotes
I went to an historically black college where we're always told that there's limitation. And so I'm happy to represent for black colleges.
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.
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The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters - not to talk in armies and nations and numbers - but to track it home.
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No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way?
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I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.
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The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.
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Fez gave her a squeeze. 'You’re a genius, Sam-I-Am.' She squirmed away from him uncomfortably. 'It just makes sense, is all.''Sometimes that’s all it takes to be a genius.'
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Outlaw consciousness is born the moment I drop out, stop the world, cease being an actor identified with the mythic roles I have been playing in society. Change begins when I do nothing except observe. The wisdom of the railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen. Meditation is the healthy form of voyeurism.
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I slept with my mom until I was 16 years old.
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African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.
Chaka Fattah -
I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.
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Most of the clubbing I did was gay clubbing.
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This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.
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I went to an historically black college where we're always told that there's limitation. And so I'm happy to represent for black colleges.
