- 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
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read '1984' at a precocious age, like 8, and when I did the math, I realized that Julia, Winston Smith's lover, was born the same year I was, 1957. I read that book over and over again with the 1960s as a backdrop: anti-war and anti-bomb protests and this general pervasive sense of doom.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
With some diseases, like type 2 diabetes, if people get alerted early, they can take steps to avert getting sick.
- I Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like a semi-single mum.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do like my life very much, yes.
- Match
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like people to match my energy.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do believe that if models look like children, then they shouldn't be sexualised.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
On bad days, I like to wear something colourful so I strike attention. That's how I appear confident to others - and how I get confident.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate a word like 'pets': it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
People ask me what it's like to be tall, and I don't know what to say because I don't know any different. I grew up in a very tall house, so I wasn't an anomaly there.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am very tall, and when you're a teenager, you want to be like everyone else. I used to slump a lot; it's very human at that stage to want to be part of the crowd and not want any part of you that is sticking out.
- Knife
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many tools are indispensable for my work, from a utility knife to parametric-modeling software, like Digital Project. But it's important not to confuse the tool for the content, as some designers under 30 do.
- Cracking
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- Nov 07, 2020