Beverly Jenkins Quotes
The common man need not ask because I am unavailable to him, but for a man who matches me in strength and purpose—there is no cost.
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Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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On June 22, 1793, Vancouver's Discovery and Chatham anchored in Klekane Inlet. Archibald Menzies, the ship's botanist, wrote that on the evening of June 28, they were visited by eight natives in two canoes who brought them two large salmon. This is the first known published encounter with the Haisla people.
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For people who feel things in an enormous way, it's pretty hard to live in this world.
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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.
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Giving back is the right thing to do, whether it's donating clothing or even just a smile to someone who needs it.
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Without a musket to raise, a barricade to storm, a flag to wave, the question hit me in the face like the cold air: 'Who am I?'
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There's definitely going to be things that I'm not very good at, things I can improve.
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Now, nothing should be able to harm a man except himself. Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has, is what is in him. What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance.
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The common man need not ask because I am unavailable to him, but for a man who matches me in strength and purpose—there is no cost.
