John Ensign Quotes
In Las Vegas, people know that the odds are stacked against them. On Wall Street, they manipulate the odds while you are playing the game.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
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My best friend is my husband.
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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I'm definitely not getting married. In this business, you're either getting married or they want you to be pregnant. I'm not getting married until I'm forty. If ever.
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I have no guitar technique.
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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If you invest the time earlier to create structure and process around communication, planning, and goal-setting, you can prevent missteps before they occur.
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To influence others to change, you must be able to frame that change in terms of the future, and in a way that has value to all concerned.
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.
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Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness.
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In Las Vegas, people know that the odds are stacked against them. On Wall Street, they manipulate the odds while you are playing the game.
