Dan Jenkins Quotes
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I'm good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.
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My passion was reading newspapers - and I became curious, in particular, about Islam and the Arab world.
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I just be comfortable in my own skin, I might wear anything.
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Call it a coincidence, but my mother used to feel that I bear some resemblance to Poonam Dhillon.
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Harte sent one of her revived men after him, and Pat sent him back in boxes.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
