#instead

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy. ↗

— Chris Bell

#american #american people #conduct #delay #democracy

Sometimes you can press a little bit and you're trying to do too much and you're trying too hard. You want to win so bad and you want to help the team so badly that you end up trying too much instead of letting the play come to you. ↗

— Ed Belfour

#badly #bit #come #end #hard

I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead. ↗

— John Mills

#enjoyed #i #instead #living #myself

Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead. ↗

— Bjork

#anyone #big #church #compared #depression

I think that, on the reconciliation issue, if they had the votes, we wouldn't have had the summit. And if they try to go through reconciliation, it will be a change in semantics. Instead of the American people saying 'stop the bill' or 'kill the bill,' it's all going to be about repealing the bill. That's not the kind of discussion that they want. ↗

— Marsha Blackburn

#american #american people #bill #change #discussion

I think anybody who wants to be president has to be a politician, but I would like to find somebody who's coming from a loving place instead of a political place. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#coming #find #i #i think #instead

The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans have failed to bring up comprehensive energy reform or any piece of legislation for that matter that would lower gas prices, opting instead to give massive subsidies to the oil and gas industry. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

#any #bring #bush #bush administration #comprehensive

I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there. ↗

— David Blaine

#burying #could #dirt #everybody #i

I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was. ↗

— Emily Deschanel

#done #employee #energy #father #good

Earlier, I used to charge territories instead of my fees as an actor, but I realised it was better to keep the two apart. Now, I take my fees in cash, for acting, and keep the distribution thing separate. ↗

— Ajay Devgan

#actor #apart #better #cash #charge