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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People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.
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War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.
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I am mad for nature writing. I want to get inside the head of every creature in the world, even ants.
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I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.
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If you're a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I'm not my parents.
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My parents taught us to live within our means. It's time to force Washington to do the same.
