George Will Quotes
Concerning [postmodern] ideas, let us not mince words. The ideas are profoundly dangerous. They subvert our civilization by denying that truth is found by conscientious attempts accurately to portray a reality that exists independently of our perception or attitudes or other attributes such as race, ethnicity, sex or class.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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I like politics. I like traveling in the United States.
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New York is such a diverse place in and of itself, it would be ridiculous to see it otherwise.
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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.
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Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.
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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
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It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.
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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.
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Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best.
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But whether there's some grand design really matters little to me. My only hope was this: to see what might be, to believe that it should be, and then to do all I could to bring it to pass, whatever the cost.
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I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, 'What happened next?'
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I call this The Dictator Syndrome. You see suffering or danger, and in your imagination you see a government program eliminating it. But in the real world the program would operate as you expect only if you were an absolute dictator-having at your disposal all the government's power to compel everyone to do things your 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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My mother Earth!And thou fresh breaking Day, and you, ye Mountains,Why are ye beautiful? I cannot love ye.And thou, the bright eye of the universe,That openest over all, and unto allArt a delight-thou shin'st not on my heart.
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When I say what I say it’s because what I say has overcome me.
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The theme song of 'Doug' was my ringtone once for literally a year.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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I don't want to let my guard down and feel too comfortable. If you become complacent, you start feeling entitled. I'm ready to go dig ditches if I have to. Whatever I gotta do to provide for my family. Whatever I gotta do to make sure that I do the best possible job at whatever wonderful opportunities I've been handed.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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In setting goals and executing a strategy, Wanda is sophisticated. We have good systems and departments. If targets are not reached, a yellow light goes off.
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A little before noon I sent orders to all my batteries to open fire through the streets or at any points where the troops were seen about the city, as a diversion in favor of Jackson.
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Concerning [postmodern] ideas, let us not mince words. The ideas are profoundly dangerous. They subvert our civilization by denying that truth is found by conscientious attempts accurately to portray a reality that exists independently of our perception or attitudes or other attributes such as race, ethnicity, sex or class.
