- 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
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to public schools, and while Gary was, like most American cities, racially segregated, it was at least socially integrated - a cross section of children from families of all walks of life.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard.
- Nov 07, 2020
I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.
- Nov 07, 2020
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recognized that information was, in many respects, like a public good, and it was this insight that made it clear to me that it was unlikely that the private market would provide efficient resource allocations whenever information was endogenous.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
China-led globalization in some ways worries me because they are not concerned about human rights, labor rights. They probably aren't even really concerned about competitive marketplaces. So in some ways, they're like Mr. Trump.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get through tearing a lobster apart, or one of those tender West Coast octopuses, I feel like I had a drink from the fountain of youth.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
As someone who has moved around a fair amount, I wondered what it would be like to stay rooted to one place, one community.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up reading 'Lord of the Rings' and comic books, so that kind of epic quality I like.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kidney transplants seem so routine now. But the first one was like Lindbergh's flight across the ocean.
- Small
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself.
- Nov 07, 2020