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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I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of the day was at that time - at least it was like that for me.
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The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio.
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I figured the people who liked the sort of thing I was doing would come see it. If it was only 200 then that was alright and if it was 2000 then that is alright as well. I wasn't really interested in the big numbers; I was just interested in some numbers.
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I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.
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I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I said, you deserve better from your entire government. All of us.
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The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president.
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Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.
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New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.
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I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no.
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I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process.
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I suppress the vast majority of what I write.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.
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I do try to let what is obviously unintended yet naturally good stay in.
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I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.