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Quotes About Familiarity

Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
~ Wellington Mara
I'm often confused with other actors. But the people who know my work don't have that problem.
~ Bill Pullman
I have no problem if someone wants to hug me - if I know him!
~ Jurgen Klopp
When I entered the profession, I didn't make a big deal of it. People didn't really know I was my parents' son.
~ Tom Burke
I don't know John Riggins. I mean, I've met him a few times, and I had dinner with him once.
~ Daniel Snyder
When I was a kid, all I knew was that I felt more comfortable sitting in one chair than in another. And now I realize it was because one chair was older. I still respond directly to the age of things.
~ Robert Redford
People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.
~ Elizabeth Taylor
I am my father's daughter: I have his language, his expressions.
~ Dinah Manoff
I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
~ Sally Kellerman
I am most familiar with the Gujarati language.
~ Narendra Modi
We like songs that are familiar.
~ Charles Duhigg
I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with.
~ Amy Bloom
Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.
~ James Galway
Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.
~ Jeffery Deaver
I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league so we were more familiar with them.
~ Marcel Dionne
A couple of people thought I looked familiar, but it was like, No.
~ Pras Michel
To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable.
~ Shawn Levy
You can get things out of acting with someone a second time around that you don't necessarily get the first time because you're more familiar, more comfortable.
~ Rosamund Pike
If landscape is a character for me, then it helps if I'm familiar with it and I already have a take on it.
~ Nic Pizzolatto
I write about banking because it is something I'm familiar with. Also, I don't have to do much research on it.
~ Ravi Subramanian
Any time you're comfortable or familiar with something, it's easier than something you're not familiar with.
~ Kurt Warner
Bad writing is like a bad relationship. Don't be addicted to it just because you are familiar with its ways. Let go.
~ Elif Safak
It's always nice to have the same people that you are familiar with and shorthand with, obviously, to be around you.
~ Kevin Macdonald
I think there are definitely positives when you go back to the familiar, because it's something you don't have to think about when you know the place. But sometimes on the other hand, it can be quite unchallenging.
~ Ben Howard