Ernest Istook Quotes
Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.
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The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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I had a lousy marriage and I drank too much.
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Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.
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A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.
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I think I matured quite early, but what that does mean is I have moments of complete immaturity. When I come home, I don't want to be an actor. I just want to be a kid. I barely even know what money is.
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After Notre Dame, what is there?
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I've always thought that one of the least successful encounters is meeting a writer one admires. For one thing, writers are generally much kinder, more empathetic, more generous people on the page than they are in person.
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The world today doesn't please me.
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My philosophy is very much to encourage my children to forge their own success and happiness, even though that will undoubtedly involve much more modest levels of wealth creation.
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Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have voices.
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If you're working out and taking care of your body, you don't really want the greasy food that makes you feel tired or blah. You actually crave the good stuff!
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Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.
