- Oh
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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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- Now And Then
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, every now and then I would hear the preposterous notion that that Jane Pauley sounds like Barbara Walters. Like I could if I tried?
- Prove
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to prove that on TV, everyday lives can be as compelling as the life-styles of the rich and famous. Especially lives that we catch at extraordinary moments.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I am in the service of the poem. The poem isn't something I make. The poem is something I serve.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my family I was never known as the fighter, like I became all of a sudden.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. More in the work of older feminists, really, like Germaine Greer.
- Ocean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love L.A. for a couple of days - I like the healthy food - but it's a one-industry town.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an assistant storyteller. It's like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I'm waiting on six million people a week, if I'm lucky.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020