Dan Jenkins Quotes
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.
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When people read 'Breitbart' every single day and convince themselves that Barack Obama is a foreign terrorist, that is not a problem of government. That is a problem of community failure, and we have to recognize that.
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There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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I was the guy literally in the chess club who decided to wear a bow tie for the last two years of high school, so I obviously wasn't trying to get the ladies.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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I'm bigger now than when I was eating meat. My lifts in the gym are better. I'm in better shape.
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War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation.
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Being in my best shape, my conditioning, it's something I pride myself in.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
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We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry.
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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.
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Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that thought-out. I feel like the way I write is pretty simple, in some ways, because I'm trying to connect. I want a lot of people to hear it, and be moved in some way.
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I like to be entertained, not smothered with 'literary' riddles.
