Bil Keane Quotes
I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me.
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There is always pressure in football.
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.
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I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
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Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
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I was a very creative child. I played the saxophone and piano, and I was always writing poetry and stories, or drawing in my notebook. I just tried to express myself through as many creative outlets as possible. And in high school, I started to get really into photography and videography and would spend hours working on it.
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I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.
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If you don't take risks, you won't be able to do anything. I was confident I could use my experience to change and improve the way Macau worked.
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If we have actionable intelligence about high value terrorist targets and President [Pervez] Musharraf will not act, we will.
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I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.
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I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me.
