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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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 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 would say our sound is soul pop.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.
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My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.
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In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.
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I remember being in college knowing I didn't want to go anymore. I wanted to try and become an actor. There is a something in me, with a risk of sounding cliche, that I just had to do it. I knew from an early age that acting was my path.
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Writing and playing songs is something that I've loved doing since the day I started. It's never been a chore; it's always a hobby. To be able to do that from day to day makes me believe I'm a very lucky person.
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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.
