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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The way to write is well, and how is your own business.
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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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They wouldn't let me into Germany from 1998-2000 because I bumped into the chancellor's daughter on my skateboard.
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As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us.
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I founded 'Point Hope' so that I could accomplish some things I wanted to do for children who had no one to advocate for them, children who had no voice. Since I have been blessed with a voice on the radio each night, I thought I would use my celebrity position and my financial resources to help these kids.
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Sometimes it's great fun to be silly, like children playing statues and dying of laughter. And sometimes being silly breaks the even pace and lets you get a new start.
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music of the future and unfortunately it was a band that didn't have any future.
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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
