George Will Quotes
Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
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Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.
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A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
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I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'
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I owe everything to France.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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'I fly from pleasure,' said the prince, 'because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others.'
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When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.
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There's a good lesson for policymakers: It's not the presence of the U.S. that is a problem for many people in the Arab region; it's the type of presence we bring.
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The failures of urban renewal reflect a failure at all levels of government to realize that people, not structures, really determine a city’s success.
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Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.
