George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
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Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their unchanged purpose is to show respect for opponents and the game. In baseball, as in the remainder of life, the most important rules are unwritten. But not unenforced.
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Every spring, this happens: People discover hockey when daylight lasts longer and men grow beards and tie games do not end in shootouts but rather continue until a goal is scored. The seventh game only heightens the mood for players and fans alike.
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I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.
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I would rather be eating cheese and reading Sartre on the banks of the river Seine than eating popcorn with a born again bible-belt fundamentalist Republican administration in Crawford, Texas, execution capital of the world.
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She is said to be inclined to cough noisily when he goes on too long at the rostrum; but this is a traditional prerogative of the political wife, and rather more necessary in this instance than in most.
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The fact credit rating agencies haven't changed their ratings is no surprise. I wouldn't have expected them to right away and it will take some time, but it now is more logical that credit ratings should go up rather than down.
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I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
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My mother, whose interest in chemistry was rather minimal, nevertheless went to graduate school in the subject and married my father, for whom it was as important as life itself.
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I think this series we've spent too much time talking about what we have to do rather than just playing. That's why the last couple of game plans have been simpler. Trying to do little things rather than saturate the brain. I've always felt in the playoffs there is a balance between giving them too much information. We have so much information. We have a 280-page book on the LA Clippers.
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It is always great to get an award - particularly when it talks about a lifetime achievement, ... There's something about starting and keeping going, rather than a one-off spike.
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I think everyone would like to see it happen sooner rather than later; our partners, our sponsors, our teams, fans, and I think, likewise on the other side, I'm sure there are those that feel the same way. But it's nothing you can hurry along.
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If you abstract away to the business logic, then you can just deal with that rather than having to worry about the system behind it.
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Henry is the face. I support him 100 per cent. I hope people listen to what he's saying rather than playing the man.
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I never considered the clothing business in college. But my father was a manufacturer of men's wear in the Northeast and wanted to investigate manufacturing in Asia. In 1972 he sent me to Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for four months. I'm convinced it was his way of getting me into business, rather than letting me be a hippie.