- 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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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.
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- Nov 07, 2020
San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force bases, plus Fort Sam Houston. I was always sort of near the military.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Running my fund in 2008 felt a little like being Noah. Noah builds his ark, and he puts his family on the ark, and off they go. So he and his family are safe, and everybody else is dying.
- Citrus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I use a lot of citrus for seasoning. There's lemon or lime juice in just about everything, and that balances with salt very nicely. Things like toasted cumin seeds for the beans. The use of fresh herbs like oregano and cilantro.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the gorges and ravines that hang on Los Angeles's shoulders like a necklace, Topanga - nestled in the cleavage of the Santa Monica Mountains - is the most singular of ornaments.
- Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like all paradises, Topanga is pitched at the tipping point of promise and peril.
- Blossom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beautifully composed imagery of '12 Years a Slave' underscores the savagery of its subject, which is an American South not of knights and ladies but obscene values and a grotesque pageantry, every gorgeous shot of the languid landscape radiating toxicity like a hyperlush blossom that's poison to the touch.
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- Nov 07, 2020