George Will Quotes
Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.

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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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We were in love with 'Mean Streets' and 'Taxi Driver.' We had no idea why nothing remotely like that was done in Denmark.
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When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious.
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A nation never falls but by suicide.
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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
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It looks like I'm just gonna keep getting really, really happy and sad and embarrassed and excited and disappointed for the rest of my life, so let's just do that.
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Spiraling demand for resources of which our world contains a finite supply is the great long-term threat posed by globalisation. That is why we need new technology to relieve it.
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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.