- Nov 07, 2020
Like Quotes
Quotes on what people like and why.
These quotes explore liking something, or coming around to it later - one describes disliking Jane Austen before eventually appreciating her work, while another reflects on early interest in mathematics over computers. Related browsing includes Know Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Evil is unintelligible. It is just a thing in itself, like boarding a crowded commuter train wearing only a giant boa constrictor. There is no context which would make it explicable.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.'
- Compassion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jim Ross has such compassion for the fans. That's because this is natural for him, it's a love, just like the love Gordon Solie had for the business.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I like to think I'm like my old man. I like to think I have the brains he did.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to have Ric Flair in the ring one more time in the MMA or the UFC. I'd like to beat the hell out of him.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is often little to distinguish what Beijing wants from what Canada's foreign affairs mandarins want out of the Canada-China relationship, which is in any case rarely even close to what Canadians want - like some demonstrable public benefit for once, the opinion polls consistently show.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just like Steve did, Bindi's got that strange communication with wildlife. It's beautiful to watch, and it instills an empathy with all of us about just how important the animal kingdom is.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020