George Will Quotes

Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?

George Will

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• These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
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• People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
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• I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
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• Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.

  

  Madi Diaz
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  • Music
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• When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.

  

  A. Scott Berg
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• When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
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  • Happy

• We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.

  

  D. B. Weiss
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  • Know

• You learn so much about yourself as an artist. I never would have thought that I could sing every night, you know? Travel and perform every single night, and travel to another city the next day and do it all over again? You learn a lot of new things about yourself, and you make a lot of connections with people.

  

  Yuna
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• I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.

  

  Dane Cook
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  • Laugh
  • Fearless

• People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
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  • Young
  • Opportunities

• If people are talking about your movie and they're like, 'Yeah, it was ok' - that's the last reaction I would want! I would rather people would say, 'Oh, I hated it!' or 'I loved it!' rather than 'Oh, it's ok.'

  

  Caity Lotz
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• You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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• People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound like a foreign language.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
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• Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

  

  T-Pain
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• I think that a lot of terrorists have been middle class and, more surprisingly, many of them have been people who were not directly affected by the things they're angry about.

  

  Karan Mahajan
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• I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't think I'll ever lose that; I'm always appreciative every day of the support I have as an artist, because I'm not a commercial artist.

  

  Xavier Rudd
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  • Support
  • Day

• When people around me are getting rattled, I may just close my eyes and do a breathing exercise.

  

  Carla Hall
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  • May
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• People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

  

  Zig Ziglar
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  • Home

• When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

  

  Bruno Tonioli
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• I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was Arabic calligraphy, which was instantly inspiring.

  

  Craig Thompson
  • Desire
  • Focus
  • Islamic

• Cars mean nothing to me. I'm not a car guy.

  

  Penn Jillette
  • Guy
  • Car

• Start small, make a promise and keep it. Then, make larger promises and keep them. Eventually, your honor will become greater than your moods or your circumstances, which includes your medical condition and other people's stereotypic observations. Once you overcome this comparison based mentality, your confidence will soar.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Honor
  • Promise
  • Mood

• I'm a producer at heart. I like being in the control room and directing people. That's what I do. But I've gotten on the mic a few times in my career; people seem to like it, so I'll do it again here and there. But that's really not my thing.

  

  Dr. Dre
  • People
  • Heart
  • Career

• Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?

  

  George Will
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