Jeff Fortenberry Quotes
With the consent of the people, I will seek to continue service in Congress for the well-being of our state and our nation.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity-killer.
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Probably I'm more of a fan of the literary references than the pop-culture references. But I do go to the pop-culture well quite frequently because people, I think, are sort of inherently ready to laugh at that. It's a free laugh almost. Usually, everybody gets it.
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I'll decide to do a movie and then go oh, like "Twilight" fans are probably going to react to this or whatever. But that's always an afterthought. Like I don't plan things out based on other people's opinions of how like I think they're going to receive them. I do it like for the experience.
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Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.
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I've known painters who never did any good work because instead of painting their models they seduced them.
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With the consent of the people, I will seek to continue service in Congress for the well-being of our state and our nation.
