John Ensign Quotes

If you find someone who agrees with you 80 percent of the time that is your friend not your enemy.

John Ensign

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FriendTimeSomeoneYouFindEnemy

When I wake up in the morning, I need the writing to go to. I begin there. And that's not an accident, I mean, that habit of getting up in the morning and going to my writing first thing.

John Edgar Wideman

MorningHabitWritingWake UpGoUp

If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up.

Maurice Sendak

LifeWorkFriendLiveChildrenMe

I prefer the Chinese method of eating. You can do anything at the table except arm wrestle.

Jeff Smith

EatingYouTableAnythingChinese

I remember learning new words, trying to figure out what common things like cider, finding myself upset that my parents couldn't help me understand this new culture, that it was up to me to interpret for them as well as myself.

An Na

LearningMyselfCultureWordsMe

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

John Wooden

LifeHighLowValleysGetPeaks

One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story, a punchline and a pun. I think it has that in common with hip hop, where they're not afraid of wordplay and I really appreciate that.

St. Vincent

MusicStoryThinkAppreciateYou

I always believe that funny is serious and serious is funny. You don't really need a distinction between them.

Trevor Noah

FunnyBelieveYouSeriousNeedThem

I think Mozart's operas 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni' are the two most perfect ever written. The music is magical.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

MarriageMusicThinkPerfectTwo

According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than Hillary Clinton got for hers. Well, duh. At least his book has some sex in it.

Jay Leno

MoneyNew YorkBookSexNewWill

My belief is that you live your life by example, and not by a caption on a magazine!

Jonathan Knight

LifeLiveYouBeliefExampleYour

You're an actor first and foremost. No one is going to hire you because you tweet a lot.

Janina Gavankar

YouActorFirstHireGoingBecause

You gotta take care of yourself; you can't do anything in excess.

Jorge Posada

YourselfCareTake CareYouAnything

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