Bill Willingham Quotes
It is my fondest desire to bust a host of caps into multitudes of fleshy personages.
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If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.
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'FlashForward' was on the outs when I was approached with 'Happy Endings.' I literally got the script on a Friday, and on Saturday morning I met with David Caspe, Jamie Tarses, and the Russo brothers. I took the role on that Saturday, and on Monday I was doing a table read. It all happened very fast, but it was super exciting.
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In orthodox film-making, you never shoot sequentially - but with improv, obviously every move you make has a knock-on effect; it is a cumulative process. I have improvised, on the non-scripted 'Timecode.' It can become entirely indulgent: actors smashing crockery and competing verbally.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
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I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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I can understand the natural anxiety of readers when waiting for another installment of a favourite series, but I think it is much more important to get a book right than it is to have it appear on time.
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What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.
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Since September 11, security has been increased everywhere, and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate, but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey, man, I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through.
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Wrongs done could not be righted, but at least they were not still being done.
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I hand him a lyric and get out of his way.
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Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.
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Nothing is ours except time.
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To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.
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Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
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We value R&D as a company. It's who we are.
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It is my fondest desire to bust a host of caps into multitudes of fleshy personages.
