- 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
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
- Pretending
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've definitely gotten a few jobs by pretending like I knew what I was talking about.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always into film, but theater was my entry point. I always felt like film didn't make sense to me as a kid. It was just so magical that I was like, 'There's something going on back there that I don't know.' But, when I watched theater, it was something that was happening in front of me.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny: when you're skating around during warm-ups, I'll see signs that say things like: 'Kane, Prom?' We have a fun, young team, and girls are asking you to the prom and giving you their numbers.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I was really lucky to go to a city like Chicago where the team was struggling at the time, and I was able to go in and play right away.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lots of TV shows say that they are like doing a movie every week, but 'JAG' truly was a huge show. Lots of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, like being launched off an aircraft carrier and being welcomed by military bases all over California.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to write a TV show. Ideally it would be just a reality-TV show, getting the guy who played Eddie Winslow and Kirk Cameron to live in a house. The Jehovah's Witnesses would come to the house a lot or something like that. I kind of like the idea of Scientologists and Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses trying to convert Kirk Cameron.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
- Golf
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey.
- Canada
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Japan, skating is like NHL hockey in Canada or baseball in the U.S., so pushing the limit is very enticing. Skating is their lives.
- Great Way
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- Nov 07, 2020