"Many people prefer things with history.
Astronomers, though, prefer things they can get their teeth into.
Bankers, after all, prefer things just the way they are.
"Both prefer things said straightforwardly in simple plain words.
"I tend to prefer things with a really strong idea," Moss says, "things that are concept-focused.
But only the Legislature, led by people who prefer things as they are, is empowered to make the changes.
It may be that most Japanese still prefer things the way they are, with their mentally ill incarcerated, safely out of sight, in the lonely mountains.
Because we value and identify with our own names, and initials, the logic goes, we prefer things that have something in common with them.
Meanwhile, China's nouveau riche prefer things, well, nouveau, and the mainland Chinese generally lack the funds to buy old houses or protect them from the wrecking ball.
In the film it is suggested that you may prefer things classical or like them hot; Wilder's film achieves both.
Given his druthers, I expect Mr. Kline might prefer things the other way around, although unqualified hosannas for both performances would obviously be anybody's heart's desire.
