George Will Quotes
Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through life without encountering ideas or practices that annoy them.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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I miss my horse. He's in Los Angeles.
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Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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We don't worry about the integrity of our game. I'm more focused on the atmosphere in the arena, and that's something we're comfortable with going forward.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
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It's not what other people believe you can do; it's what you believe you can do.
Gail Devers -
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
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I find that, for me, personally - and this is in everyday life - if I'm not growing, if I can't be stimulated in a conversation, then I am bored. And I'm not good when I'm bored.
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Minds will wander even during the Last Judgment.
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Movies portray men as tough guys.
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We want to raise the children the parents aren't raising. I think we want to press individuality on people, though that doesn't necessarily mean being like us. But, it doesn't mean that if you come dressed like us that you aren't being yourself.
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I have only one real hobby - my husband.
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Mr. Speaker, the goal of stem cell research should be to help our fellow human beings. The debate on this issue has, unfortunately, moved into dangerous unethical territory when perfectly moral alternatives exist.
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Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through life without encountering ideas or practices that annoy them.
