Bobby Kotick Quotes
People have been playing versions of 'World of Warcraft' since 1994, and it's still the world's leading subscription-based MMO.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world.
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I believe in God. God created the world.
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All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. It's a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.
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The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.
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Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
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I know that part of the reason I read Tolkien when I'm ill is that there is an almost total absence of sexuality in his world, which is restful.
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When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was one of the worst boxing matches I've ever seen, but millions of people watched it because of the personalities involved.
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As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
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To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions.
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My closest adviser is my wife. It's nice to have one of the smartest people in business as your life partner, and someone you have dinner with and breakfast with.
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A number of bloggers in economics and the financial sector have risen to prominence through the sheer strength of their work. Note it was not their family connections nor ties to Ivy League schools or elite banks, but rather the strength of their research, analysis and writing.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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I think there are really great movements happening in Portland. It's nice being in a place that supports itself and stands on its own.
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People have been playing versions of 'World of Warcraft' since 1994, and it's still the world's leading subscription-based MMO.
