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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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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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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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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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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It's rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or heartbroken by a male,or end up being happy because of a male. It's interesting to think about, and it's very true.
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Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love.
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I found that I had become so spinsterish that I was made neurotic not only by my life of domesticity but by the slightest derangement of my room. I would burst into a fit of weeping if the kettle was not facing due east.
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Everything has a cycle and a season.
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I enjoy singing my songs in front of people.
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There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it.
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He shook his head. "Some people think that they like music, but they have no idea what it's really about. They're kindding themselves. Then there are people who feel strongly about music, but just aren't listening to the right stuff. They're misguided. And then there are people like me." "People like you," I said. "What kind of people are those?" "The kind who live for music and are constantly seeking it out, anywhere they can. Who can't imagine a life without it. They're enlightened."
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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.
