Beverly Jenkins Quotes
Neither am I. A grown man should be able to acknowledge a sincerely offered apology and converse in sentences consisting of more than five words.
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.
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It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work.
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Me.
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Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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I didn't realize people tip for take-out.
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It's all about communication and a dialogue between individuals - get rid of the labels, get rid of the shame, get rid of the stigmas and just be your most authentic self.
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Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.
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Everyone has a dream deep in their heart, which is a center of what they want to do. If they had all the money, and they had the time and they were guaranteed that they'd be successful, that dream is what they would love to do.
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I told Donald Trump, 'This isn't a campaign, this is a movement.' Look at what's happening. The American people are not happy with their government.
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It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
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Ah! what is human life?How, like the dial's tardy-moving shade,Day after day slides from us unperceiv'd!The cunning fugitive is swift by stealth;Too subtle is the movement to be seen;Yet soon the hour is up-and we are gone.
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People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It's really important.
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The habits that took years to build, do not take a day to change.
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Neither am I. A grown man should be able to acknowledge a sincerely offered apology and converse in sentences consisting of more than five words.
