Jane McGonigal Quotes
Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing.
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.
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I'm training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I'm preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.
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My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
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I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.
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I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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I am trying to persuade my family to spend more time in China. It's no fun to be in exile. I can't even figure out the basic 26 letters, let alone operate, in English. I often feel that although I've found the sky of freedom above my head, I've lost the soil I stand on. I need to be back in my motherland, where I can find inspirations.
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I think I've always been a player who's done better in the second half, who's done better in the fourth quarter. That's the fun time to play, when everything you've worked for the whole game boils down to those last few possessions.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.
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Ben Carson said black people worked for less. I have breaking news: we built this joint for free. We didn't build it for less.
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Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing.
