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Be a likeable and relatable voice of reason. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 10 months ago
We spend so much time, energy, and funding attending to factors we think can improve children's chances at a happy and successful life, but we have neglected the one factor that is perhaps most important of all : our children's ability to get along well with others and be perceived as likeable. – Mitch Prinstein	Found on CNN 3 years ago
She's done a tremendous job of building up her non-court brand. She obviously has the advantage of being attractive and still a young woman, she's built a name for herself. She's personable, likeable. I think she'll have a pretty extensive shelf-life. – Bob Dorfman	Found on CNN 4 years ago
He was a bright student, very likeable. – Bill Nolte	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
[Clinton] will come to the debate armed with a deep knowledge of the issues, but ultimately has to show she can be likeable. She has to come off as dismissive [of Trump’s barbs] but not in a patronizing way, the debate is going to be decided on body language, tone and temperament. It will all be about tone and demeanor and much less about substance. – Richard Himelfarb	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Mahlobo was a likeable guy but a surprise appointment, zuma wanted someone young and green who is dependent and won't question him. – Ronnie Kasrils	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
My mother taught me not to fear being the butt of the joke, not to worry about being likeable or perfect, and to lovingly go for the kill. – Actress Melissa McCarthy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think it plays to his strengths already, in that he is a fairly empathetic figure and he seems very likeable. The tragedy he has gone through only highlights that, but it will be a very short run. While people will obviously be very sympathetic to him because of it, I don't imagine many people's votes will change because of it. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We were quite shocked to find out he had joined ISIS, and we immediately cut ties with him, he was a very likeable guy, very courteous, always came around with a smile. He had a great modeling career ahead of him. He always showed up at the agency ready to work on the runway, print and TV. – Stephen Bucknall	Found on CNN 9 years ago
His character can be ... not likeable, selfish, but I need somebody that people can really relate to, not judge but to empathize (with). – Michael Keaton	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Anne Frank wasn’t a star pupil. She was a likeable child. Sometimes I’d bump into her in the mornings on her way to school. Then she’d sometimes tell me stories that she’d made up together with her father. They were always really funny stories. She told me a lot about her father, but not much about her mother and sister. I also knew that she wanted to be a writer. Maybe she would have been… – Mr. van Gelder	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. – Donald Robert Perry Marquis	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Be a likeable and relatable voice of reason.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
10 months ago

We spend so much time, energy, and funding attending to factors we think can improve children's chances at a happy and successful life, but we have neglected the one factor that is perhaps most important of all : our children's ability to get along well with others and be perceived as likeable.

– Mitch Prinstein

Found on CNN
3 years ago

She's done a tremendous job of building up her non-court brand. She obviously has the advantage of being attractive and still a young woman, she's built a name for herself. She's personable, likeable. I think she'll have a pretty extensive shelf-life.

– Bob Dorfman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

He was a bright student, very likeable.

– Bill Nolte

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

[Clinton] will come to the debate armed with a deep knowledge of the issues, but ultimately has to show she can be likeable. She has to come off as dismissive [of Trump’s barbs] but not in a patronizing way, the debate is going to be decided on body language, tone and temperament. It will all be about tone and demeanor and much less about substance.

– Richard Himelfarb

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Mahlobo was a likeable guy but a surprise appointment, zuma wanted someone young and green who is dependent and won't question him.

– Ronnie Kasrils

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

My mother taught me not to fear being the butt of the joke, not to worry about being likeable or perfect, and to lovingly go for the kill.

– Actress Melissa McCarthy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think it plays to his strengths already, in that he is a fairly empathetic figure and he seems very likeable. The tragedy he has gone through only highlights that, but it will be a very short run. While people will obviously be very sympathetic to him because of it, I don't imagine many people's votes will change because of it.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We were quite shocked to find out he had joined ISIS, and we immediately cut ties with him, he was a very likeable guy, very courteous, always came around with a smile. He had a great modeling career ahead of him. He always showed up at the agency ready to work on the runway, print and TV.

– Stephen Bucknall

Found on CNN
9 years ago

His character can be ... not likeable, selfish, but I need somebody that people can really relate to, not judge but to empathize (with).

– Michael Keaton

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Anne Frank wasn’t a star pupil. She was a likeable child. Sometimes I’d bump into her in the mornings on her way to school. Then she’d sometimes tell me stories that she’d made up together with her father. They were always really funny stories. She told me a lot about her father, but not much about her mother and sister. I also knew that she wanted to be a writer. Maybe she would have been…

– Mr. van Gelder

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

– Donald Robert Perry Marquis

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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