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Keen at the start, but careless at the end. -- Tacitus
Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours. -- John Dryden
Andrew Keen was so typically brilliant and entertaining at LeWeb 2007 that we booked him for Le Web 2009. -- Loic Le Meur
...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011)." -- Mikkel Wallentin
...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011). -- Mikkel Wallentin
Be your strong and simple words Keen to wound as sharpened swords, And wide as targes let them be, With their shade to cover ye. -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Keen intelligence is two-edged, It may be used constructively or destructively like a knife, either to cut the boil of ignorance, or to decapitate one's self. Intelligence is rightly guided only after the mind has acknowledged the inescapability of spiritual law. -- Sri Yukteswar Giri
Chilvalry's essential function, Maurice Keen has written, is always to hold up an idealised image of armed conflict in defiance of the harsh realities of actual warfare. By definition, chivalry also reaffirms the paramount importance of custom, hierarchy and inherited rank. -- Linda Colley
Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs. -- Henry Ford
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. -- John Burroughs
A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes. -- Sam Abell
I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen. -- Carson McCullers
Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better. -- Winston Churchill
I'm very keen on having true freedom of expression. True freedom of faith. And free practice of religious faith. -- Mohammed Morsi
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. -- Napoleon Hill
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. -- Samuel Adams
There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever. -- Alfred Hitchcock
I'm not really keen on men wearing perfumes. It's just a bit wrong! I don't find it sexy. I prefer essential oils - patchouli is nice. -- Eva Green
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. -- Thomas Merton
I don't like dirt. Cleanliness is high on my agenda, but I don't have a phobia of dirt. I'm just not keen on it. I don't really like dirty people or houses or smelly things. -- Keeley Hawes
I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion. -- Paul Simon
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Childhood was terrifying for me. A kid has no control. You're three feet tall, flat broke, unemployed, and illiterate. Terror snaps you awake. You pay keen attention. People can just pick you up and move you and put you down. -- Mary Karr
If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence. -- George Eliot
I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out. -- Sonia Sotomayor
Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action. -- Cordell Hull
I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest. -- Dalai Lama
Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness. -- Saint Teresa of Avila
I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it's not in my mind at the time. -- Peter Maxwell Davies
My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best. -- Kate Bush
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering. -- Ezra Taft Benson
I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy. But, overall, I can live with it. -- Helen Mirren
My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan. -- Karan Johar
We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star. -- Gary Kemp
I'm not keen on making predictions. -- Andrew Flintoff
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight! -- Alexander Pope
The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion. -- Hannah More
I was very keen on playing a victim. -- Clive Owen
The wounds invisible that Love's keen arrows make. -- William Shakespeare
Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run. -- Mason Cooley
Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love. -- Luc de Clapiers
With a keen eye for details, one truth prevails! -- Gosho Aoyama
I was a very keen reader of science fiction. -- Terry Pratchett
I'm keen to have balance, as much as possible. -- Felicity Jones
I'm not keen on the Internet. I don't trust it. -- Amanda Eliasch
I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious. -- Christopher Hitchens
Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on. -- Larry Wall
I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan. -- Nigel Kneale
There's nothing I'm particularly keen to hide about my humanity. -- Tilda Swinton
Personally, I'm not very keen on the visualization of absolutely everything. -- David Gilmour
We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity. -- H. G. Wells
Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things. -- Thomas Merton
I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent. -- Daniel Day-Lewis
We are very keen to see that nobody gets ill-treated or abused. -- Thabo Mbeki
I'm really keen to try things. I love improvisation. It's quite exciting. -- Tcheky Karyo
people who understand grammar always have a keen sense of the ridiculous. -- Mary Jane Holmes
Science fiction is a genre that no everyone is keen on watching. -- Zoe Saldana
I could invent another world. I'm not terribly keen on this one. -- Mark Haddon
I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot. -- Paul Nurse
Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs. -- H. L. Mencken
I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled. -- Lord Mountbatten
I don't want to die but I ain't keen on living either -- Robbie Williams
You can't do a good job unless you're keen on it yourself. -- David Hawkins
I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer. -- Annie Lennox
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. -- Nelson Mandela
[Nelson] Mandela was very keen not to be understood as an exceptional person. -- Kumi Naidoo
Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs -- Henry Ford
I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket. -- John E. Walker
With The Simpsons you can go back to work with a keen heart. -- Joe Strummer
I prefer the keen edge of truth to the dull comfort of lies. -- Sondra Allan Carr
My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl. -- Judi Dench
Deeply in love with you, I feel the keen pain of your absence. -- Laura Ramirez
God gave me the stubbornness of a mule and a fairly keen scent. -- Albert Einstein
I'm as keen as the next person to preserve the right to free speech. -- David Blunkett
Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft. -- Sophocles
I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need more owls. -- George Aiken
I wanted to be an actor. My parents were not too keen on that. -- Jeffrey Eugenides
The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping. -- Sophocles
The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen As is the razor's edge invisible. -- William Shakespeare
I'm always keen to head to where the greatest gravitation pull is tugging me. -- Grant-Lee Phillips
There is a wilder solitude in winter When every sense is pricked alive and keen. -- May Sarton
This must be a real horrorshow film if you're so keen on my viddying it. -- Anthony Burgess
Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose. -- Edmund Phelps
A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve. -- Alec Guinness
I wasn't a keen taker of speed because I didn't like the comedown from it. -- Jonathan Meades
Sensuality not only debases both body and mind, but dulls the keen edge of pleasure. -- Henry Fielding
My wife has a keen sense of humor. The more I humor her, the better. -- Henny Youngman
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. -- Mary Wortley Montagu
To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent. -- Robin Trower
I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day. -- Olly Murs
I'm not too keen on jokes that are one-liners. I want the situation to be funny. -- Philippe Falardeau
I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination. -- Eric Bana
Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value. -- Peter Bart
I never got married anyway, because I wasn't particularly keen on accepting the responsibility of another person. -- Jimmy Savile
I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together. -- David Bowie
Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut. -- Tom Barbash
If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it. -- Hugo Weaving
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second. -- Jack Dee
Live each day as if it were your last, and you'll develop a keen respect for opportunity. -- Napoleon Hill
For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy. -- Emily Dickinson
I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like. -- Judi Dench
The one who obey's God's instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow. -- Lysa TerKeurst
I'm keen on making English language movies. English is still the global language and we can't change that. -- Bruno Zheng Wu
There's keen delight in what we have: The rattle of pebbles on the shore Under the receding wave. -- William Butler Yeats
Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless. -- John Stott
Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real-life couple on the screen. It's not very electric. -- Hugh Grant
If a man cannot make his point to keen boys in ten minutes, he ought to be shot! -- Robert Baden-Powell
Each time we love,We turn a nearer and a broader markTo that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes. -- Alexander Smith
Thus also every keen pleasure is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction. -- Arthur Schopenhauer
My mother married a very good man ... and she is not at all keen on my doing the same. -- George Bernard Shaw
I was very keen. I was super-eager to please and be good. And I was always kind of bossy. -- Emma Watson
My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity. -- Yahoo Serious
I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them. -- Allen Carr
I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them. -- Allen Carr
That's the worst of doctors. They are so keen about the body, but they don't study the soul at all. -- Ethel M. Dell
No mistake. I shall regret the absence of your keen mind. Unfortunately it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body. -- Gary Cooper
Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion! -- J. K. Rowling
...her own experience was beginning to tell her that an alert old age can be more keen than the cards. -- Gabriel García Márquez

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