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• Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Education, Money, Communication

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated)”, p.4809, Delphi Classics

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• From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can literally recall looking at a comic at the age of six or seven and I remember what I enjoyed and what it was precisely and how the joke worked.

  Tom Stoppard

  Birthday, Long, Age

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• Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

  John Sununu

  Jobs, Growing Up, Real

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• Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Football, Fans, Losing

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• I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.

  Ian Thorpe

  Swimming, Training, Pushing

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

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• Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!

  James Thurber

  Night, Lasts, Blind

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• I've always enjoyed being in the background, sitting in a cafe, watching people. But now, when I sit in a cafe, sometimes people watch me. It's a challenge. But it's usually people who want to say 'your book transformed my life', or something... so then I'm joyful. One moment before, I didn't want them to recognise me, but when they do, I'm glad.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Book, People, Challenges

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• I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who said your private pain which you have unwittingly shown us in your early songs is also ours.

  Pete Townshend

  Song, Pain, Thinking

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• I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.

  Josh Turner

  Simple, People, Pleasure

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• My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

  Mark Twain

  Mothers Day, Mom, Baby

  Mark Twain (1961). “Twain: Wit and Wisecracks”

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• I enjoyed working at McDonald's.

  Shania Twain

  Mcdonalds

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

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• I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.

  Anne Tyler

  Class, Literature, Levels

  "Author Q&A". Penguin Random House Interview, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

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• I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't like losing. But I don't think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don't think once.

  Bob Uecker

  Good Day, Bad Day, Thinking

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• It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.

  Alice Walker

  Daughter, Fathers Day, Dad

  Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.308, Feminist Press at CUNY

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• Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.

  Horace Walpole

  School, Boys, Power

  Letter to Montagu, 6 May 1736, in 'Letters'

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• In 1977, I climbed a fairly difficult mountain for the first time, which was Mount McKinley, in Alaska. I climbed the so-called 'American Direct Route,' which was a route straight up to the top. I really enjoyed it. Through such experiences, I learned that mountaineering wasn't just about height. I found that different routes have different charms.

  Tamae Watanabe

  Alaska, Mountain, Different

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• Everyone prefers some foods over others, but some adults take this tendency to an extreme. These people tend to prefer the kinds of bland food they may have enjoyed as children - such as plain or buttered pasta, macaroni and cheese, cheese pizza, French fries and grilled cheese sandwiches - and to restrict their eating to just a few dishes.

  Andrew Weil

  Children, Cheese Sandwiches, People

  "Are You An Adult Picky Eater?" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 17, 2011.

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• I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

  Mae West

  Sassy, Broadway, Amusing

  Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House

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• I've enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.

  Betty White

  Sex, Opposites

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

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• Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Wisdom, Ambition, Virtue

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• Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.

  E. O. Wilson

  Provoking, Feels

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• I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Teacher, Teaching, Long

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1981). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• I have enjoyed a wonderful run in films, so far, and I may, at some point, come back. But it will be in my own time and in my own style.

  Debra Winger

  Running, Style, May

  "Why I quit Hollywood". Interview with Garth Pearce, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2002.

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• I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.

  Felicia Day

  Aunt, Acting, Actresses

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

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