- People
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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.
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- Birth
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a homunculus - that was planted inside the womb. Development consisted of the miniature homunculus enlarging and passing through birth and on to maturity-just like inflating a balloon.
- Doors
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- Nov 07, 2020
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said to myself, 'Hey, I'm a professional writer now.'
- Nov 07, 2020
The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to play snooker, golf as well.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been stuck on John Eldredge lately. He's all about being a warrior outside of the church. I hate to think about this kind of stuff - I just like to do it.
- Entertainment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to do a television show that is encouraging, useful, and clean, and I'd like to go up against Entertainment Tonight and beat it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like writing different types of music. I like writing Christian music. I like collaborating with Christian artists. We have a Christian following. I love writing kids' music.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020