Beverly Jenkins Quotes
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.
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I know I've got to just keep throwing the ball. That's what I do best.
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Kerchak was dead. Withdrawing the knife that had so often rendered him master of far mightier muscles than his own, Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his vanquished enemy, and once again, loud through the forest rang the fierce, wild cry of the conqueror.And thus came the young Lord Greystoke into the kingship of the Apes.
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The minute the money is more, you lose your control, so then there's no point.
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You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
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People are expecting me to still be fourteen years old. It cracks me up, especially when people see me walk by with my husband. They're like, 'What? You're married? You're not old enough to be married.' Thank you. I'm glad that you think that.
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Normally when one reporter talks to you at a tournament it's no big deal.
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I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'
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My summer jobs for three years were going to work in my dad's factory and earn a bit of pocket money. I absolutely loved it, and I think I learnt more there than I did at Cambridge, actually, in terms of how hard work is and how tough it is finding a job, keeping a job, managing a job and family and commitments outside of work.
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I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together.
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A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.
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I got to L.A., and they said I had to lose weight, let my hair grow and buy some dresses. I was nailing auditions with my readings, but they wouldn't hire me because I wasn't putting on the glam. It just didn't occur to me.
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I'm a whole lot more than just Spanish or Irish or whatever, but definitely, it's given me help. It's given me a push, and I'm very proud of my Spanish heritage.
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I believe we all have the right as private citizens to endorse candidates and participate in the political process.
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Careful, young woman. Smart-mouthed females are prized here.
