Jeff Fortenberry Quotes
I used to be on the Lincoln City Council. You learn that there's never enough money for all of the police officers and fire-fighting apparatus you'd like to have.
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At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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I really do not see why there is not a splendid field for good work on the music hall stage, and if I did not have my own theatre taking up my time, I should rather like to go into it.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.
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I like old Disney films that have an edge to them.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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I feel like my mum is in heaven sharing a cup of tea with Lady Fate and plotting my life out like a chess game.
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I speak, Hindi, English, and American. I'm trilingual.
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Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of stones and bullets-if it is mental, spiritual; if it expresses itself in silent, persistent dissatisfaction, the cost to the oppressor is terrific.
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I used to be on the Lincoln City Council. You learn that there's never enough money for all of the police officers and fire-fighting apparatus you'd like to have.
