Joni Ernst Quotes
My parents taught us to live within our means. It's time to force Washington to do the same.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.
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I'm a proud family man.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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Anything you're interested in the world - whether it be Charlie Rose or JetBlue or a public figure or your local coffee shop - they're on Twitter and broadcasting what is interesting to them.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. It's also true that if you send out a negative greeting, you will, in most cases, get back a negative greeting.
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I would never do 'Playboy.'
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We all get self-centered.
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The way prices are rising, the good old days are last week.
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Over the weekend, former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Rebecca Carter married each other during a huge ceremony in Houston. The happy couple is planning to honeymoon for three weeks in front of Congress.
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We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and repulsed by it. Something draws us toward it, while at the same time we want to run away from it. We can’t seem to decide which way we want it. Part of us yearns for the holy, while part of us despises it. We can’t live with it, and we can’t live without it.
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My parents taught us to live within our means. It's time to force Washington to do the same.
