Jeff Fortenberry Quotes

By keeping your eye on the ultimate goal, you lean into the mess and try to make the outcome a little better.

Jeff Fortenberry

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EyeBetterYouGoalTryMess

My husband wanted to be cremated. I told him I'd scatter his ashes at Neiman Marcus - that way, I'd visit him every day.

Joan Rivers

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We women are way too hard on ourselves. I don't know who some women are dressing for, but we should be celebrating our bodies.

Jessica Collins

WomenKnowWayHardDressingWho

I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

Ann Curry

PowerPeopleMeSocietyVoiceThink

Don't do anything to anyone, and people will not make trouble for you.

Stephen Lawrence

PeopleYouTroubleWillAnything

Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in the air for whatever's going on in that particular culture. It's the greatest joy as a musician to be able to translate that, be part of something and watch the scenery around you.

Trey Anastasio

TimeCultureBeginningJoyScenery

For me, as an executive, I never tried to be something else. You pick up things from the Clive Davis and Sean Combs of the world, but you have to do it in your own way.

Rob Stone

MeWorldYouWayNeverOwn

In a sense, mass incarceration has emerged as a far more extreme form of physical and residential segregation than Jim Crow segregation. Rather than merely shunting people of color to the other side of town, people are locked in literal cages - en masse.

Michelle Alexander

PeopleColorSegregationMoreSide

My family keeps me sane. I try to talk to my mum every other day. After I get off the phone, I have a renewed sense of clarity, so I guess a problem shared is a problem lost. It's important to me to keep them close.

Michelle Dockery

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The distributor used to get 10, 12, 14 percent in most cases, but the App Store or Steam - they're taking 30 points. So clearly, they're viewing what they bring to the table in the digital environment to be more valuable than distribution.

Mitch Lasky

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I want our young Latinos and Latinas to write their hearts out and express their hearts out and let us all listen to each other.

Juan Felipe Herrera

YoungWantListenWriteOutUs

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

Anne Robinson

LoveViewAweMothersDaughters

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

Thomas Hardy

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