- Listen
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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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Selfies became too big. The selfie photos are not good. Fans ask me for a selfie, and I say, 'Let's just do a photo.' I'm not anti-selfie, but I like a classic photograph.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I quite like dark humor.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like someone who observes it, and I can't ever imagine being like that.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certainly stories that I used to tell myself as a kid that did influence 'The Cabinet of Wonders.' There's a scene in the novel where there's a flood that bursts through the castle, and one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid at school was imagine what school would be like if there was a sudden flood.
- Modern
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like wearing classic pieces with a modern twist.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most little boys like to dress like their daddies.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cook. I did the Escoffier course in Paris when I was 21 in one of those periods when it was like a pause. I can cook anything Italian, Chinese.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn't escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic.
- Childish
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, I'd like to earn Jonathan Ross's money, but I don't have sleepless nights wondering when someone's going to knock on my door with sacks of cash.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's perfectly possible to love your toddler but struggle to like them when times are hard.
- Form
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- Nov 07, 2020
We appear to have form, but we are like a whirlpool. We appear to have form, but we are just whirling electrons.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being packed all the time, even when not in use, must feel something like going to bed on an empty stomach.
- Planet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to tidy up the entire planet. I would go anywhere if there were something that needs tidying.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as a child. I still have a soft spot for that one!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020