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The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'


George Clooney

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GEORGE BURNS Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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GEORGE BURNS I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at somethin...
GEORGE BURNS I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
GEORGE BURNS Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on ...
GEORGE BURNS Weather forecast for tonight: dark.
GEORGE CARLIN I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they ...
GEORGE JONES You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right...
GEORGE LUCAS I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within you...
GEORGE STEVENS The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The...
GEORGE LUCAS Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship mu...
GEORGE AYITTEY We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past,...
GEORGE SANTAYANA I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gat...
WALLY GEORGE I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation.
WALLY GEORGE I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, ma...
GEORGE GROSZ I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
INARA GEORGE I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that'...
INARA GEORGE I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A l...
INARA GEORGE The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.
GEORGE SANTAYANA We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.
GEORGE OSBORNE In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political iss...
GEORGE ORWELL