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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
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guys like Alvin Adams, Sweet D Walter Davis, Larry Nance, and Kyle Macy became my basketball heroes.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first heard 'A Christmas Story, the musical,' I thought, Oh, that could be really good. It just felt like it fit. Some films lend themselves well to other formats, some don't, but there are so many fantasy sequences in the film, and Ralphie's such a dreamer as a character, I thought they could really lend themselves to being set pieces.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Germany is not like Ireland or Denmark. It is a country where the domestic market counts much more than the external market.
- Debt
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- Nov 07, 2020
One needs a comprehensive concept that decides just how much debt states like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy can sustainably bear.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to do something with it to take away that comfortable feeling.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had learnt from my years of being in the services business, like networking and closely watching the early days of the Internet, that scale leads to many possibilities.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not want 'Battleship' to be perceived as an American war film. I wanted to do everything I could to make the film accessible to a global audience. It felt like bringing an alien component to the film would help take the American jingoism out of it.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all my friends dressing up like the military characters in the game. So 'Battleship' is really my second board game turned movie!
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started making films, like almost every filmmaker, I think, you're just so excited to be able to make a movie that you'll do anything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've interviewed multiple people who know bin Laden... who tend to have a universal picture of what he's like, which is: modest, retiring, unassuming, kind of thoughtful - lots of things that don't fit with a mass murderer, which he is as well.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind losing, but I don't like losing to cheats.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like idolator.com a lot. Every once in a while they shred me on there, but it's usually pretty funny.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here's the thing about hair; I think most people think that I have Lego hair, like I can just take it on and off in one piece, and that's not quite the case - although pretty close.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, people do want to buy merch and tickets to support their favorite bands, but they don't want to feel like it's the only thing going on.
- Lifestyle
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- Nov 07, 2020