Jeff Fortenberry Quotes

So many young people are coming out of a generation that has experienced deep woundedness and brokenness, and they are full of life. They are eager to engage. They care about community, and they care about one another.

Jeff Fortenberry

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LifeCommunityPeopleGenerationOut

The world's my oyster. But it worries me, all this showing off about being happy. Life is so precarious, and I know terrible things can happen. At the moment, everything is happy.

Jerry Hall

LifeMomentHappyHappy LifeWorld

I get up about four times a night and go back to sleep, or not. Then I swill tea around 8 a.m. I answer e-mail, while I stall thinking about whatever scares me.

Jenny Holzer

SleepTeaMeNightThinkingBack

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.

John Henry Newman

WarDoneThingsMayLawsWarfare

I don't look at other people's work because I don't want to be distracted by their ideas.

Ann Demeulemeester

WorkPeopleIdeasLookWantBecause

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

Sparky Anderson

MeWinYearContractsGive MeGive

I would have to say that my very first encounter with the arts was when my mother bought me my first record player when I was six years old as well as a Karen Carpenter record.

Sondra Radvanovsky

MotherMeSayOldFirstYears

My dad sent Frank Sinatra a dollar bill to autograph, and when it came back, signed, he had it framed: it was always up on the wall in whatever flat we were in.

Robbie Williams

BackWallAlwaysWhateverDollarUp

It's true to say that once I've got the bare bones of a story, I often get ideas from my own research trips to faraway places.

Michelle Paver

IdeasResearchStorySayTrueOwn

I want more out of life than I've gotten.

Loretta Lynn

LifeWantMoreOutThanGotten

It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

WorkFatherMenInequalityKnow

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

Chrisette Michele

LoveFriendMyselfBestBest Friend

It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.

Brantley Gilbert

MusicPeopleMeSaySongwriting

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