Marlin Jenkins:
CLASS OF 2009
Michigan Health AcademyClass of 2009
Detroit, MI
Marlin's Story
Marlin's schools include Michigan Health Academy. Marlin later attended Saginaw Valley State University (Professional and Technical Writing, English/Creative Writing, African American studies) .
Marlin's interests include Art, Gaming, Literature. Music Marlin likes includes Kate McGill, Angel Snow, George Watsky. Books Marlin likes include Broken Symmetry, The Trouble With Poetry, The Bible. Movies Marlin likes include Django Unchained, The Phantom of the Opera, The Last Dragon. TV shows Marlin likes include PBS, Phineas and Ferb, Jeopardy!.
One of Marlin's favorite quotes is:""Knowing I'm weak is when I'm really being strong"-Common
"False humility is the worst kind of pride"- Greaterworkz
"You can give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. You can teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime."
"I do not worry about what will happen, only what needs to be done"-Lucious in The Village
"If the solution has never been to look in yourself, how is it that you expect to find it anywhere else?"-Immortal Technique, Caught In A Hustle.
"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind"
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects." - Herman Melville
"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly"
"Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks." -Forrest Gump
"We're champions. All we do is win." -Byron
"Emerson once said that God never jests with us. Emerson obviously never saw a platypus." -Me
"I've seen life outside of this window. I've seen people moving. Moving in, moving out, moving on." -Liz
"If you smear a mirror with lotion and 3 penguins look into it, how many penguins are in the reflection? None because the lotion obscures the reflection." -Beth/Chelsea
"Just because God blesses you doesn't mean there's not another sneeze coming."-Get Over It
"I'm not confined to the picture they put on a ...Expand for more
door to determine where I can defecate!" -Lisa
"Clay Aiken and Chaka Khan can't both be wrong." -Phineas
â"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."
"How do we thank the clouds for their fleeting abundance?" -Pablo Neruda
"In pursuing happiness, it is less important to get what you want and more important to make the best with what you have." -Me
"Life's a roller coaster--may as well put your hands in the air when it drops."
"There're two sides to every coin; and six sides to every cube."
"Your closest friends aren't just the ones you can talk to about anything; they are the ones whose hands you can hold in the middle of a storm so you don't feel so alone. They can hear you with their eyes and aren't ashamed to offer you a used umbrella"
"Regardless of their potential, regardless of whether they Act like you, Think like you, or Believe like you, People have the same exact value as you do - because they are a creation of God. Just Like You."
~M. E. Jenkins~
â"if only... two shipwrecked people could reach across to each other ... Two on one wreck are at least better off than each on his own." -A Doll House
"Well, it's less of a plan and more of a vague concept." -Adam West
"If you were 1 in a million, there would be 7 thousand people just like you."
"The greatest part of strength comes from the realization of weaknesses."
"Believing that you can change the world becomes easier when you think about how much others have changed yours."
â"I have talked with the faint clouds in the sky when they/ are afraid of being left behind" --Mary Oliver
â"All things are inventions of holiness./ Some more rascally than others." --Mary Oliver
Yay, counterculture. We don't want to be like everyone else, so instead we're all going to be exactly like each other.
Good intentions only get you half way.
It is a sure sign of greatness when you gain respect not only by the words you speak, but by the example you set.".
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