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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
- Catch
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a 'long writer' and have never wanted to write a novel or even a novella. Poetry, like flash fiction, provides a readily accessible canvas to play with. Whether to express an emotion or share a vignette, these forms are often interchangeable.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans have much less holiday, so for them, four or five days away is like a mini vacation, but for us, it's just a long weekend. In Europe, one takes time off more casually.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a big sleeper. It just feels like wasting time. If I wake up, and it's after 5 A.M., I stay up.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shoes are the first thing I notice on a man. I like classic styles - not too square, not too pointy, not too fashiony. There's a fine line between too much and too little effort.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
You were not supposed to show off in Negroland because you are supposed to be perfectly decorous and well behaved. You were also not supposed to tell any stories that reflected badly on the group because that reflected badly on the race. I use past tense, but it still feels like present tense.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry.
- Nov 07, 2020
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what it's like to feel marginalized and defeated and humiliated by suffering from a mental illness.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 19th century, we didn't much like the loud annexationist voices south of the border or American support for Sinn Fein adventurers who thought, by seizing the Canadian colonies, they could force Britain out of Ireland.
- Nov 07, 2020
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 'The Leftovers,' I was actually super, super lucky. It was my first major audition. When I came out, the casting director was kissing me on the face, and I was like, 'Oh, that's probably a good sign.'
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020