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.
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.
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I know that at literary festivals I'm speaking mostly to middle-class women, who frequently vote in a way that is contrary to how I'd like them to vote.
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.
Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set.
I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
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.
Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.
I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.
There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know.
I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define.
I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.
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.
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...
Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.
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...
I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on.
X-Men is massive, like nothing I've ever experienced. But great in its own way.
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