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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.
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- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.
- Assumptions
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm about challenging people. Like, properly challenging them and their assumptions.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always hated being a child. I always felt like an adult trapped in a child's body.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you fear phantoms, you're like a child frightened of seeing things in the dark.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't expect to like someone and then you do, that's an incredibly exciting moment.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.
- Nov 07, 2020
I worry about technical details - did I mix the cello half a decibel too high? Things like that.
- Pink
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like expansive stuff that has a lot of space in it, like some of the early Pink Floyd albums.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slapping a catchy acronym like the JOBS Act on a piece of legislation makes it more difficult for politicians to oppose it - and indeed that's what happened with the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.
- Centers
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be sure, India has achieved enviable success in business services, like the glistening call centers in Bangalore and elsewhere. But in the global jousting for manufacturing jobs, India does not get its share.
- Nov 07, 2020