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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
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keep in mind that in 1975, when you became a cook, it was because you were between two things: you were between getting out of the military and... going to jail. Anybody could be a cook, just like anybody could mow the lawn.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you taste things in the right order, sometimes they taste so much different than if you taste them out of order. Not that there's a right order, like by rule, but just like in a thoughtful way that makes sense.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.
- Gay Movement
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the '70s, the gay movement was really making strides. Huge strides. And then AIDS came along and slapped a judgment on it all and the Right Wing religious movement was like, 'See. This is why, we told you.' And it pushed back the movement 30 years.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most were mediocre. It was like the gifts of the good and bad fairies.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still don't feel like I've made it. I can't imagine ever feeling like I've made it.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the idea of making images of the parts of the body that we all have but that no one pays attention to, like the soft area underneath your nose.
- Painting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thrill of a photo-realist painter is if you get really close to the painting, it looks just like a photograph. Whereas in my case, if you get close to my paintings, they totally fall apart - so I'm about as far from a photo-realist as it gets.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.
- Nov 07, 2020