Enjoyable Quotes - Page 2

• For a small child there is no division between
  playing and learning; between the things he or she does 'just for fun' and
  things that are 'educational.' The child learns while living and any part of
  living that is enjoyable is also play.

  Penelope Leach

  Fun, Children, Educational

  Penelope Leach (1989). “Your baby & child: from birth to age five”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

  Anderson Cooper

  Jobs, Pride, Nails

  "The agony of adult nail biters" by Anderson Cooper, www.cnn.com. November 2003.

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• The only way you can have it all is by delegating all the running of the home to other people - which I don't ever want to do... So you do it yourself, and it takes time and energy and effort. And if you give it the time, it's profoundly enjoyable.

  Emma Thompson

  Running, Home, People

  "Between Friends". Interview with Jenny Allen, www.goodhousekeeping.com. July 7, 2010.

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• I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.

  John Lydon

  Records, Release

  "This is my Britain. Our Britain. Not some German tourist's" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2002.

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• I love Daredevil. I thought it was enjoyable. Okay? There were critical issues with it, and that's why I wear black, some people wear red - we are entitled to our opinions.

  Avi Arad

  Issues, People, Black

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• I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.

  Michael Schenker

  Made, Stage, Adjustment

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• There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania.

  Agnes Repplier

  World, Thorough

  Agnes Repplier (1888). “Books and Men”

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  When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.

  Frank Ocean

  Happiness, Sad, Happy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

  David Hockney

  Marijuana, Smoking, Want

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• I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.

  Jim Elliot

  Principles, Lord, Impulse

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• If you're going to commit to that, you're going to have to find some way to make it bearable and enjoyable.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Way, Bearable, Commit

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• Lord of the Rings was just so much enjoyment. It was over about the space of a year that I was filming. It's one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, so emotional.

  Sean Bean

  Emotional, Years, Space

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• The average husband enjoys the total effect of his home but is usually unable to contribute any of the details of work and organisation that make it enjoyable.

  Havelock Ellis

  Husband, Home, Average

  Havelock Ellis (2013). “On Life and Sex: Essays of Love & Virtue”, p.67, Elsevier

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• But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby.

  Heston Blumenthal

  Hobbies, Aspect

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all.

  Rose Tremain

  Panic, Rewriting, Existentialism

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• It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

  Richard Thompson

  Song, Fun, Satisfying

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• After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.

  Matthew Ashford

  Character, Careers, Going Away

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• I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of responsibility to reach out to these people in the theatre who might look to someone like me for some guidance.

  Harvey Keitel

  Responsibility, People, Theatre

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• I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's really done so that you're supposed to feel, Oh, he's the most wonderful drummer. I think the whole lot is what's more enjoyable.

  Charlie Watts

  Thinking, Watches, Done

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• I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance.

  Sam Mendes

  Believe, Thinking, Directors

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• The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.

  Jonathan Kellerman

  Jobs, Character, Mind

  Interview with Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub, and Wiley Saichek, www.bookreporter.com. November 21, 2003.

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• We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgment on the past.

  Douglas Hurd

  Past, Judgment

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• And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon.

  William Devane

  Character, Opportunity, Years

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• I want to do stuff that excites me and is enjoyable.

  Jamie Hewlett

  Want, Stuff

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• By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be.

  Irvine Welsh

  Life, Death, Trainspotting

  Irvine Welsh (2008). “Trainspotting”, p.308, Random House

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