- 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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- Master
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- Nov 07, 2020
A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
- Certain Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define.
- Curves
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with the shading.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Paris in the late '40s, I started making my first reliefs. They are separate panels. I wanted to do something coming out of the wall, almost like a collage. I did a lot of white reliefs when I started because I liked antique reliefs, really old stuff.
- Mark
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp magazines, like 'Dime Western' and '10 Story Western' that were still being published. The better ones paid two cents a word. And I thought, 'I like Westerns.'
- I Feel Like
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- Nov 07, 2020