George Will Quotes
As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I've been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show 'Billy Elliot' there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
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The whole idea that the Constitution of the United States would be used to advance a political agenda is absurd.
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Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
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When you do bigger films, the financiers take more risks.
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I watch TV more than I used to, and the commercials don't impress me. The standard of execution is very high, but the standard of ideas is appalling.
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I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.
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In Mexico, audiences want to see a big discussion around a film - what we expect from Hollywood films worldwide is more of an entertaining show. 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' was a road movie and comedy, but it had a very strong political connotation that sparked a discussion in Mexico that is still going on.
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As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.
