Jeff Fortenberry Quotes
Shifting loyalties in the Middle East make it difficult to vet supposed moderate groups.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood.
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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.
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The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.
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It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce.
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The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with the oozings away of incentive and kindliness in our natural social structure.
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That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.
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Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life!
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Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
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My writing has changed a lot. From 16 to 19, I've changed a lot. My kind of writing in the beginning was very observational; now it's grown very personal for me. I use it as a diary in many ways.
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Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not.
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For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.
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A lot of the time nothing happens in a day.
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I'm the kind of person that responds strongly to a challenge.
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When you’re young, hungry and stupid you’ll do whatever it takes.
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The Thyrans came on, as merciless as time.
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Everyday people are not very good designers.
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If you're passionate about the world, and if you really look closely at everything around you, each thing can be transformed into a shoe, or into a part of a shoe.
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We are mortgaging our future.
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Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences of color and continue to go out to our community and create a continuous connection that extends beyond the one black show in the season.
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One of the great things about being in entertainment is you have access to the media. People pay attention to you.
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We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?
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I remember seeing 'Snow White' and saying to my mother, 'Will there ever be a Chocolate Brown?' She said 'Probably. Why not?' I just never thought the first black princess would be me.
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You are loved, and your purpose is to love.
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Shifting loyalties in the Middle East make it difficult to vet supposed moderate groups.
