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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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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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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When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.
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I was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, lived there a couple of times. My dad was in the Navy. So, we lived in Mississippi and South Carolina until I was 11, and then I moved to California, went to, you know, high school there in the Monterey Bay area.
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I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.
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You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you.
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Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.
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My parents taught us to live within our means. It's time to force Washington to do the same.
