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
I think you always have to be innovating and adapting and improving. You can't stay the same.
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Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing, and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition.
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When I was elected Governor, we had an audacious agenda that naysayers said couldn't be enacted with a Democrat majority in the state legislature. However, we worked across party lines and enacted historic reforms. Working together, we cut taxes by more than $600 million.
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I did learn that some of the things that are great for locker rooms are inappropriate for political discourse. That's a wisdom I've garnered.
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We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready to talk and not just snipe, complain and argue.
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Election Day 2010 saw the culmination of years of aggravation and resentment toward a federal government that became disconnected and disdainful of the values and priorities of Americans.
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The people of America need personal responsibility and freedom, not dependency on the government.
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(Westbrook) plays hard and they don't quit. This is the kind of game where you get in and you think you're just going to win it and then you make a few mistakes and you're not going to have a good game. We wanted to show tonight that we can play and to get ready for the next game.
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We'd never be in this position if it weren't for our fans. They're the real reason we keep going and as long as they want us, we'll be there.
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We were a family at war for a time. Now everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. That's reflected in the boardroom as much as anywhere else. We're inviting people to the directors' box who are keen to support the club, whether they be potential investors or sponsors. On Saturday, we welcomed the actor, Ken Stott, as well as Gary Mackay, who had never been invited before.
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We don't have too many problems once the signs go up. They know that if they are found in an area that is posted as no trespassing they are going to spend a night in jail.
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We don't know what they were thinking and how important public money was.
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We don't know what's going to transpire, what team it's going to be. When the right deal is there, it will happen and we'll evaluate the trade from there.
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We don't know exactly what happened to it, but we know not to fly with it