Dan Jenkins Quotes
My aunt got me interested in journalism - she found an old typewriter, had it worked over, put it on the dining room table, gave me a stack of paper and said, 'Play like you're a writer.'
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.
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All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought.
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I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy.
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If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Generally, I get bad reviews in Turkey.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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I think you just have to accept the fact that no one lives forever, and eventually things are going to come to an end, whether it's a TV show or life.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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Europe can be saved.
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The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.
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I’ll make Goyle do lines, it’ll kill him, he hates writing,” said Ron happily. He lowered his voice to Goyle’s low grunt and, screwing up his face in a look of pained concentration, mimed writing in midair. “I... must... not... look... like... a... baboon’s... backside.
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I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
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There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - we're talking sixth grade here - that I strongly considered a future writing and drawing comic books. I have been making stuff up ever since.
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Ghostery lets you spy on the spies in your computer. For each web page you visit, this extension uncloaks some - but not all - of the invisible tracking software that is working behind the scenes.
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My aunt got me interested in journalism - she found an old typewriter, had it worked over, put it on the dining room table, gave me a stack of paper and said, 'Play like you're a writer.'
