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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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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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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I miss my horse. He's in Los Angeles.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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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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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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I have entered the sports equipment business with 'Bhajji Sports.' I am applying for ICC clearance so that cricket bats with 'Bhajji Sports' logos could be used for international matches. In domestic circuit, the Punjab team is already wearing Bhajji Sports dresses for the Ranji Trophy matches.
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way.
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If He who in Himself can lack nothing chooses to need us, it is because we need to be needed.
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When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells us, 'How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity.'
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I'm the youngest of eight kids in my family. All tall, we all played basketball, so at my earliest memory, I was bouncing a ball in the backyard.
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I love playing intense characters.
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We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation.
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In the past, I've allowed myself to record songs that I wish I had not, but agreed to for one reason or another.
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I sometimes get accused of being 'faux-naive,' but for me, it's really just about getting down to the basics of something.
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I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.
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What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.
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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.
