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Practicing gratitude, creativity, and critical thinking by writing about things we like and why we like them.
5 Things I Like About Looking Back on the First Year of This Blog
"Take a year and make a break, there ain't that much at stake. The answers could be relatively easy."
—Jason Isbell
5 Things I Like About this New Brand We Made for The Melanoma & Skin Cancer Institute
"You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live."
— Stuart Scott
6 Things I Like About Birthdays
"Birthdays was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirsty."
—The Notorious B.I.G.
3 Competitive Cooking Shows I Like Because of Their Cohesive Brands
"Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'"
—Anthony Bourdain
6 Things I Like About A’ja Wilson’s Book “Dear Black Girls”
"This moment is bigger than me. This moment is for every girl who was told she wasn't enough."
—A'ja Wilson
5 Things I Like About the Brand We Built for Jennifer Fairfield, Mortgage Advisor
"Some bricks now baby, say, let's build a home."
—Jack White
5 Things I Like About Working With Kelly, Part 2
"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong."
—Ella Fitzgerald
5 Things I Liked About Almost Missing My Friend’s Wedding Because of My Mistake
“If you can really laugh at yourself loud and hard every time you fall, people will think you’re drunk.”
— Conan O'Brien
Something I Like About Each of the 15 Breweries Within a Mile of My House
“I’m the first brewer to be elected governor since Sam Adams in 1792. It’s been a while.”
—John Hickenlooper
5 Things I Like About this Article on Simone Biles by Katie Baker
“At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.”
—Simone Biles
5 Things I Like About Our Work Being Featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
“This is for everybody in ‘sota!”
— Kevin Garnett
5 Things I Liked About Reading the Book “Be Water, My Friend”
“All things flow, nothing abides. You cannot step into the same river twice, for the waters are continually flowing on. Nothing is permanent except change.”
— Heraclitus
5 Things I Like About Playing Music Live in Honor of this Saturday’s Gig
“For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless ... Meaning, the higher the chance you can fall down in public, the more value the culture places on what you do. Unlike, say, a writer or a painter, when you’re onstage you can’t hide from other people, or from yourself either.”
― Kim Gordon
5 Greeting Cards I Like that I Made for Our First Friday Art Show
“To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.” —Roger Ebert
5 Things I Like About Going to the Movies Alone
“I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.” ― Amy Sedaris
5 Things I Like About Having a Lot of Hobbies
“I remember in grammar school the teacher asked if anyone had any hobbies. I was the only one with any hobbies and I had every hobby there was ... name anything, no matter how esoteric. I could have given everyone a hobby and still had 40 or 50 to take home.” — Cormac McCarthy
5 Things I Like About My Mom’s Job at Trader Joe’s
“I like Trader Joe’s ham and glazed onion tart.” — Timothée Chalamet
7 Things I Like About the Boston Celtics that Have Nothing to Do With Basketball
“I bleed green.” — Kevin Garnett
5 Things I Like About Myself
“Ain’t nobody dope as me; I’m just so fresh so clean.” — OutKast