- Political
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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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- Iran
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some countries that are darlings of the West, like Egypt, everyone knows the result of national elections years in advance: The man in power always wins. In others, like Saudi Arabia, the very idea of an election is unthinkable.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the extent that Israel does face threats, like from say Hamas or Hezbollah, those are threats that do not jeopardise Israel's existence.
- Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm going to play, I'm going to have to give it 100%, which means I'm going to have to play in all of the tournaments that I don't like.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like cookery programmes: Anthony Bourdain going around the world eating stuff; Rick Stein - he's another favourite.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
Larry David, he's my hero. I want to be him - I want to act like him - everything.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's amusing to watch a naive, well-meaning character kind of undo more cynical characters - kind of like watching Laurel and Hardy or Charlie Chaplin.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been exciting to be able to go forward with stuff without 10,000 people saying, It should be like this.
- Nov 07, 2020
I like the extras in life. Concentrating on serious things doesn't mean you can't also enjoy the lighter ones.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you put something like 'The A-Team' on the map, it does become part of the DNA of television. People grab little pieces of it. I certainly grabbed little pieces of other people's shows when I was creating my shows.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to bring my kids to the voting booth to show them how it works. I'll let them draw their own conclusions as to how worthwhile it is.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I think of as 'freakonomics' is mostly storytelling around an idea - not a theme but an idea. I like ideas much more than themes. Themes are boring. Themes are, 'Wool is back,' but ideas are, 'Why is wool back?'
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like the graduates of some notorious boot camp, my brothers and sisters and I look back with a sort of perverse glee at the rigors of our Catholicism. My oldest sister, Mary, was so convinced of the church's omnipotence that when she walked into a Protestant church with some high-school friends, she was sure its walls would crash down on her head.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My rookie year, Byron Scott didn't really want to sign me. In New Jersey, the New Jersey Nets. I got there, and Byron Scott didn't really like me, but they let me come to camp and I was having a great camp. Stephon Marbury embraced me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020