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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People read informality as, 'Do whatever you feel like,' and whatever you feel like might be disastrous.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
The modern designers are quite showy, and a lot of the young people really like it. Costume jewelry has always been about being noticed and not discreet.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dealers always like to sell chairs in sets of four, six, or eight. And they charge a premium for supplying the whole set. Individual chairs, though, go for much lower prices, and if you carry around a reference photo of the chairs you want, you may be able to build up a cut-price collection, chair by chair.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best I can do is, it's like a 'ding!' You're writing, and then something starts falling into place, and you hear or feel a ding. And it just feels - it's going to be okay.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the characters I have in my children's books are grouchy or annoyed about something or are calling each other unfriendly names. Like my own kids, they're not honeys and sweetie pies and little angels. They're kids. Sloppy, dirty, stinky.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and have people like my mother glued to the page.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to take all my feelings and thoughts and put them down in different ways on paper.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids need to encounter kids like themselves - kids who can sometimes be crabby and fresh and rebellious, kids who talk back and disobey, tell fibs and get into trouble, and are nonetheless still likable and redeemable.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I could pick one reason why I want to be a writer, it would be connection. In all kinds of ways, I like to be individual and distinct; but when I write, I want to be writing about things that connect me to the people for whom I write.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we don't continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The child from nine to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a lousy waiter, dealing with people and having people in your face like that.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020