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title: "6 Likeable People Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“We love winners, even though they’re very rarely particularly likeable people. They’re almost always obsessive and selfish and inconsiderate. That doesn’t matter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/we-love-winners-even-though-they-re-very-rarely-particularly-likeable/)

[Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/fredrik-backman-857_football_we-love-winners-even-though-they-re-very_228476.jpg)

> [I am remarkably likeable. Few people have ever been as likeable as I am. There is, frankly, no end to my likeability.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-am-remarkably-likeable-few-people-have-ever-been-as-likeable-as-i/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/neil-gaiman-29_america_i-am-remarkably-likeable-few-people-have_249677.jpg)

> [You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felicity-jones/you-have-to-be-brave-and-not-always-play-likeable-people-it-s/)

[Felicity Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felicity-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/felicity-jones-2070_be-brave_you-have-to-be-brave-and-not-always-play_465578.png)

> [A party full of 'likeable' people doesn't bear contemplating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-self/a-party-full-of-likeable-people-doesn-t-bear-contemplating/)

[Will Self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-self/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/will-self-2296_bear_a-party-full-of-likeable-people-doesn-t_1413508.png)

> [“We love winners, even though they’re very rarely particularly likeable people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/we-love-winners-even-though-they-re-very-rarely-particularly-likeable-2/)

[Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/fredrik-backman-857_quote_we-love-winners-even-though-they-re-very_1667380.jpg)

> [I've always liked people who know me to like me, because I think I'm quite likeable. But people who make up their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-king/i-ve-always-liked-people-who-know-me-to-like-me-because-i-think-i-m/)

[Jonathan King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/jonathan-king-32048_idiot_i-ve-always-liked-people-who-know-me-to_2674385.jpg)

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