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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A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.
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There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.
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A song like 'Once in a Lifetime' is inspired by my marriage - it's a good, life-changing happening in my life. I think when you find your once-in-a-lifetime love, that's what everybody's looking for.
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Social media has definitely changed the game for me. I am able to connect to my fans on twitter and interact with them, daily. YouTube has been a game changer as well - people around the world have been exposed to my comedy through my YouTube channel.
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To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
