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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.
- Frogs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Koreans stuck to their traditional way of life without knowing what was going on outside the country. We were like frogs in a well.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
How can a country like Korea, which was not fully prepared for the upcoming era, be as rich as Germany now?
- Cohesive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Countries that managed to rebuild commanding state structures after popular nationalist revolutions - such as China, Vietnam, and Iran - look stable and cohesive when compared with a traditional monarchy such as Thailand or wholly artificial nation-states like Iraq and Syria.
- Immune
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indonesia is hardly immune to catastrophic breakdowns, as the anti-Communist pogrom showed. But, like India, it has been relatively fortunate in evolving a mode of politics that can include many discontinuities - of class, region, ethnicity, and religion.
- Agreements
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Commercial films give you a wide exposure. For 'Dilwale,' I got calls from countries like Oman. Its reach is huge. Similarly, doing independent projects satisfy the actor in you.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I thrive in the red light.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, when I was really young and we lived in Sweden, the only films that were around at that point were... We had this collection of these super-8 highlight reels that they used to sell; like, they sold these super-8 reels that only had the best parts from a movie. So early on that's what I was seeing.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020