#akin

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year. ↗

— Chris Christie

#am #balance #begin #budget #complaining

Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it. ↗

— Charlotte Church

#been #british #craig #finding #gave

I'll need every ounce that I have to drive it through. Film and TV require that energy. Sometimes fight scenes can be pretty intense. When I was shooting "Heaven" it was truly guerrilla film-making. ↗

— Karl Urban

#energy #every #fight #film #film-making

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#away #climbing #difficult #girl #kissing

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#broadly #old #short #speaking #words

I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#being #big #big mouth #bumps #child

All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's the purest form of guitar making, and I just enjoy doing it. ↗

— Guy Clark

#enjoy #first #form #guitar #gut

When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#inspirational #risks #success #taking-risks #equality

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#actress #after #angeles #been #clothes

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#big #bipartisan #cooperation #done #get