- Evil
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- 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
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Southern California arena rock, hair metal, laidback hippie garden culture - for many growing up in the '70s and '80s, none of it made us who we were like Lou Reed did.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are things that neuroscience is useful for in terms of understanding behavior, but there are also things it is not all that useful for, like understanding the nuances of our reactions to poetry.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Piercing minds go mute around poetry. It is imagined to be overly technical, like advanced arithmetic; otherworldly, priestess-like; suffocatingly personal; excessively decorative; exhaustingly bourgeois or tiringly avant-garde.
- Belief
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like Hipster Racism, Hipster Sexism is a distancing gesture, a belief that, simply by applying quotations, uncool, questionable, and even offensive material about women can be alchemically transformed.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go to see films at the multiplex because they are not good films, and so I don't have to think about things like death, social oppression, or yes, my fertility, while I watch them.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like musicals a lot. I think probably 'Jesus Christ Superstar' is my favorite. I love Andrew Lloyd Webber for the most part. It's rare that I'll find a musical that I don't like.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in high school, I started organizing fundraisers and other events for people like PETA and Greenpeace.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually spoke to all the national team players who play in the Premier League, asking about what the league is like and the style of play. It's one thing watching it on the TV, but being involved in it every day is another thing.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Canned music is like audible wallpaper.
- Quit
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit.
- Mad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like that 'Mad Men' is now an adjective I use to describe clothing when I'm shopping: 'I like this top. It's very 'Mad Men.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020