Joni Ernst Quotes
Growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
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We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
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Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
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I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much.
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The fans treated me royally.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.
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For me, awards are a token of respect that people are giving me. So no matter how many awards I am receiving, I always feel emotional.
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The Price Is Right can really get me going.
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A lot of artists go in the studio and say, 'OK, whaddaya want me to do? Is it gonna be a hit? I'll do it. Is it gonna get played on the radio? I'll do it.' So they start makin' these songs, and they fall in the same tempo, same category, same this, same that, and it'll just all sound the same.
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People are so codified - it's sad.
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Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.
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'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism.
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If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian.
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Growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.
