Sentences with phrase «certain fondness»

Stephen is an aspiring communications student with a certain fondness for homemade espresso, books covering the Cold War era, and his cats, Willy and Watson.

Despite a certain fondness for Carol Rance, she sees Matt LeBlanc for the boob he is and longs to get back to England.

Yet as in Östlund's earlier films — Involuntary (2008), Play (2011) and Force Majeure (2014) are the three to have had UK releases — there is compassion and concern and perhaps even a certain fondness for the characters here, even as they're getting it in the neck.

Growing up as I did in a Dodge / Chrysler / Plymouth store in the»60s and»70s, I confess to a certain fondness for and great memories of old Chrysler performance cars — Chargers,» Cudas, Road Runners — anything with a Hemi, basically.

He shows an avid hatred for people, and yet also a certain fondness for Poison Ivy, going so far as saying he «loves Ivy» despite claiming to hate her as well.

He now admits that he supported it because he «had a certain fondness for the [corn] farmers in the state of Iowa» — who, not coincidentally, were crucial to his 2000 presidential bid.

Gore, November 2010: One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee, and I had a certain fondness for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for president.

I have a certain fondness for the whole life insurance policy because of the myriad of benefits it provides.

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux operating system, has a certain fondness for penguins — the mascot for Linux is Tux the penguin — and has joked that he caught penguinitis, a strong affection for the flightless bird, after getting nipped by one at the National Zoo & Aquarium in Canberra, Australia.

I have a certain fondness for selfies — I find they're a great way to snap quick facial expressions you don't have an emoji for, or show off something awesome you found.