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The war in Afghanistan is not of a peace with the rest of Obama's worldview. It's a holdover from the era that his election was supposed to bring to a close.

~George Packer

Topics: Afghanistan Bring Close Election Era His Obama Peace Rest Supposed War Worldview

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It wasn't until I went to my first comic convention while I was in high school that I got to see actual comic book artists and original artwork in real life, up close. That was when I first realized that this is what I wanted to do for a living.

~George Perez

Topics: Actual Artists Artwork Book Close Comic Comic Book Convention First Got High High School Life Living Original Real Real Life Realized School See Until Up Wanted While

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To pass to the deluge, and beyond it, and to come to close quarters with our proper division, the origin of Romance itself is a very debatable subject, or rather it is a subject which the wiser mind will hardly care to debate much.

~George Saintsbury

Topics: Beyond Care Close Come Debatable Debate Division Hardly Itself Mind Much Origin Our Pass Proper Quarters Rather Romance Subject Very Which Will Wiser

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The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place.

~George Saunders

Topics: Another Arises Asking Become Close Constantly Desire Discontent Does Eyes Machine Mind Move Place Prefer Refuse Satisfy Watch Would You Your

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The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly.

~George Stigler

Topics: Although Before Central Chicago Close Department Different Economics Encountered Had Influenced Intellectual Issues Later Me Minds Never Quality Quarters Strongly Those Times Very Were

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Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.

~George Takei

Topics: Cancelled Close Eventually Get Movies Plays Season Series Three Tv Tv Series Were Wrap

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Back in the day, coming out was something very personal. You began by acknowledging the truth, first to yourself, then to close family and friends. Those of us more in the public spotlight, though, also had to 'come out' to the press.

~George Takei

Topics: Acknowledging Also Back Began Close Come Coming Day Family Family And Friends First Friends Had More Out Personal Press Public Something Spotlight Then Those Though Truth Us Very You Yourself

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Those Tea Party people are crazy. I mean, they're lunatics. They close down the government, throw people out of their jobs - hundreds of thousands of people - and they say that they're doing it ultimately in the interest of creating jobs.

~George Takei

Topics: Close Crazy Creating Doing Down Government Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Interest Jobs Lunatics Mean Out Party People Say Tea Tea Party They Say Those Thousands Thousands Of People Throw Ultimately

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The football playoffs feature one-off affairs, without bad feelings building from weekend to weekend. In addition, football uses platoons for offense and defense and kicking, so only the interior linemen have a chance to really get up close and personal with one another.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Addition Affairs Another Bad Building Chance Close Defense Feature Feelings Football Get Interior Kicking Offense Only Personal Playoffs Really Up Uses Weekend Without

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Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism.

~George W. Romney

Topics: Basis Brings Close Connections Dangerously Determinism Economic Often Our Positions Public Shape Too Us

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