Jeff Fortenberry Quotes
The strong arm of government should not force Americans to buy health-care products that they have reasoned objections to.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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I learned how to read in second grade, and I entered a summer contest at my local library in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you read more books than anybody else, you got your Polaroid up on the bulletin board, and I did.
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If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
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Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world. Like, 'My God, my family's crazy!'
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
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Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record.
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I learned to write from different points of view and not just something I would say.
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At the end of the day, I am a Marwari. So I will always think of business like a Marwari!
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If you want to control the world you need to control the oil. Therefore the destruction of Iraq is a prerequisite to controlling oil. That means the destruction of the Iraqi national identity, since the Iraqis are committed to their principles and rights according to international law and the U.N. charter.
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The strong arm of government should not force Americans to buy health-care products that they have reasoned objections to.
