Dan Jenkins Quotes
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
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I'm not a tall man. I'm just a hair under 5'5.
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It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
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In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
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A man is known by the silence he keeps.
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
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They're not poodles, they're art.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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I realize that I live in the same environment that I did when I was a kid, but with less junk and better art.
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Evil is like a Vampire. When you take arms against it and destroy it, you find in the end that you are evil too-that it is living on your own actions.
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If I can just accept it and tic when I want to and have my passion project - what I'm mentally, physically, emotionally invested in something - where you're fully focused, and your body parts and mind are all moving toward this one goal, you're focused, and you can shut it off, but only for a certain period of time. Then, you have to let loose.
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I am hopeful that one day I will meet that right man and will have a very happy life partner.
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I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.
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Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.
