Jane McGonigal Quotes
Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying, and trying now. Gamers don't sit around.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.
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I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, and I would cut on the TV, and I would watch a show like 'The Wonder Years,' or I would watch, you know, some other show like 'Family Ties.'
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.
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I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.
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I really believe that if you want something bad enough, and you work so hard to get it, and you have it inside, then if you just never stop, it's gonna happen.
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I get better roles in television. I'm not going to do a lesser role just to be in a feature film.
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Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates.
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Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying, and trying now. Gamers don't sit around.
