George Will Quotes
I suppose there's a melancholy tone at the back of the American mind, a sense of something lost. And it's the lost world of Thomas Jefferson. It is the lost sense of innocence that we could live with a very minimal state, with a vast sense of space in which to work out freedom.George Will
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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
J. G. Ballard -
To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
Yves Chauvin -
When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
Ma Jian -
I'm sure I frustrate the trainers - in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I think there's a very fine line. I listen to their advice. I take their medical expertise very seriously. But then I also, the reason I am where I am, the reason I play the way I play, is because I push beyond normal.
J. J. Watt -
There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
Rachel Cusk -
When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
Valerie Plame
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
Jack Nicklaus -
To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
Sally Mann -
You can instantly spot a Chanel woman, so I want to develop the Dior woman.
Raf Simons -
I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
Jack London -
They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.
Pablo Picasso -
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
H. L. Mencken
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I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
Yitzhak Shamir -
You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.
Laura Ziskin -
Big Internet companies on average are capable of generating revenue of $1 million per employee, and that compares to 10 to 20 percent of that which is normally generated by traditional offline businesses of comparable size.
Yuri Milner -
''A woman's wisdom is her gift to women,'' Peggy quoted. ''Her beauty is her gift to men. Her love is her gift to God.''
Orson Scott Card -
Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express. But I believe it's something you are. To me it's more inward.
Negash Ali -
I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.
Peter Blair Henry
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I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.
Dani Shapiro -
I suppose there's a melancholy tone at the back of the American mind, a sense of something lost. And it's the lost world of Thomas Jefferson. It is the lost sense of innocence that we could live with a very minimal state, with a vast sense of space in which to work out freedom.
George Will