Jeff Fortenberry Quotes

Some states like Nebraska have thus far responsibly managed their budgets, even in tough times, and I could not ask Nebraskans to pay for poor governance elsewhere.

Jeff Fortenberry

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Tough TimesToughPoorAskPayFar

Retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product in almost every case.

Jim Crace

WritingEndCareerBitternessAvoid

My own back yard, and my mom and dad's back yard, is where I learned about tomatoes and weeds and daily maintenance.

John Bytheway

DailyMomBackMaintenanceMy Own

It's always very important that you can completely disagree with someone, but it doesn't fundamentally mean that they are bad people.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleSomeoneBad PeopleYouBad

Michael Taylor is not being executed for homicide. Michael Taylor is being executed for raping a white female.

John Simon

WhiteBeingHomicideFemaleMichael

Understanding place is critical to achieving corporate growth.

John Quelch

GrowthUnderstandingPlaceAchieving

I know that this sounds grand, but I don't try to compete with other people. I like to think there's enough pie for everyone. The kind of people I'm competing with are my heroes - Woody Allen, Billy Wilder - who I know I'm going to fall short of.

Stephen Merchant

PeopleThinkShortEnoughFallPie

I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it.

Steven Spielberg

LoveGreatCreativePartnerships

There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you.

Simon Callow

I AmMeYouBornAffectSomething

Being a leader requires being confident enough in your own decisions and those of your team to own them when they fail. The very best leaders take the blame but share the credit.

Travis Bradberry

LeaderBestTeamBlameConfident

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

Ruth Reichl

FatherGreatGenerosityMeMomGift

Money doesn't drive me.

Michelle Ryan

MoneyMeDrive

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.

Lucille Clifton

MistakePoetryPeopleCelebrateWish

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