Jeff Fortenberry Quotes
A rapidly expanding Syrian refugee policy could create conditions for domestic tragedy.
Quotes to Explore
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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Human technology has made it to Mars. We are transmitting gorgeous pictures from it. Yet we have not explored our own planet. Two-thirds of it is covered with oceans that are still mysterious places.
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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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If you go to a paintball subreddit, paintball companies can advertise to you.
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If I am in London I like a quick get away to The Olde Bell in Hurley... It's nearby and no stress - great food and beautiful walks.
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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.
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I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.
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Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
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I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to preach. I should not willingly forego being a listener, a man who reads the Gospels and then listens to what others say that our Lord meant. But sometimes a listener speaks out, and listens to his own voice.
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The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.
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I remember I did a boxing class. I remember sparring one time, and the guy smacked me right in the nose, and I was just like, 'What is this? No. No. None of that.
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In 2010, there was a TED event called Mission Blue held aboard the Lindblad Explorer in the Galapagos as part of the fulfillment of Sylvia Earle's TED wish. I spoke about a new way of exploring the ocean, one that focuses on attracting animals instead of scaring them away.
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I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis.
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La gente dice que el coyote es un brujo. Muchas veces el brujo es un coyote.
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There are so many ways to talk with the people who appreciate my help.
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I'm particularly proud of my work with the Starkey Hearing Foundation for whom I raised a million dollars in one day on 'Celebrity Apprentice.' They do great work around the world helping deaf children in developing countries get proper attention and free hearing aids.
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There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.
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Electrification was one of the most disruptive technologies ever; in the first decades of the twentieth century, it caused something close to a mass extinction in US manufacturing industries.
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A rapidly expanding Syrian refugee policy could create conditions for domestic tragedy.
