George Will Quotes
The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children
Quotes to Explore
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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I love Rag & Bone, Dior, and Valentino; I like feminine, sexy things. Dolce & Gabbana and Chanel, too.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.
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I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.
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That's a great team we lost to. It just wasn't our day.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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It's possible for people to gain control of every facet of your life.
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Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been there and knowing how much is really being asked of actors that helps me.
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And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.
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You think about when you're kids and see these guys on TV, and now you're in the same clubhouse as Chipper Jones and Bobby Cox.
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Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.
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The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.
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I usually cast myself in things because acting is how I best relate to artistic impulses. It's what I've wanted to do since I was a child, so a scene usually plays itself out in my head with me performing it. And if I cast myself that's one less person I have to pay, one less person I have to explain my vision to, one less person I have to worry about.
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The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children
