George Will Quotes
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
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I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity.
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I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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My CIA colleagues were smart, dedicated, funny, and creative. Yes, there was sometimes stifling bureaucracy, boredom, colleagues who never should have been there, and later, deeply disturbing stories of the CIA's involvement in torture. Still, I got to do work I thought was incredibly important and, many times, had fun doing it.
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
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L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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The nice thing about writing at home is that it's almost as though I'm doing it already. I get out of bed thinking of my work, and I don't have to go anywhere to do it.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language.
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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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I had a very funny family.
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A lot of funny stuff happens in Canada.
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I think everyone dreams of that nice romantic wedding.
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There are movies that I love tonally, that I would love to emulate. Anything from Wes Anderson or the Coen brothers is right in my wheelhouse, as something that I would aspire to. I love that kind of indie, fun, colorful, funny, sweet, heartfelt but dark film.
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Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
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You are so funny to ask me about 'The Look'. I've been asked many times, and I really am not sure what anyone means.
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It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.
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When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But it's hard not to.
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We need to notice and be aware of the injustices embedded in our criminal system.
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As a novelist, you deepen your characters as you go, adding layers. As a reporter, you try to peel layers away: observing subjects enough to get beneath the surface, re-questioning a source to find the facts. But these processes aren't so different.
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The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
