Jane McGonigal Quotes
It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress. It's basically the same as negative stress in the sense that we get our adrenaline up, you know, our breathing rate quickens, our pulse quickens.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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My eye is ever on those who love me.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier than death itself. The disease is so messy, so devastating, so pervasive. It robs you of everything you hold dear.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak.
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?
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I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.
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I think it's time to rebuild America.
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One day we were sitting in our little classroom in the middle of Australia Zoo, and Dad bursts in and says, 'OK, today we're going to go climb a mountain,' - the Glass House Mountains are about 20 minutes away - so we packed up all our math work and ran out the door and climbed Mount Tibrogargan.
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I don't have any regrets. I consider myself really privileged to belong to medicine and do what I do. I would do it all again.
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I am left to defend the 'dead' Constitution.
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It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress. It's basically the same as negative stress in the sense that we get our adrenaline up, you know, our breathing rate quickens, our pulse quickens.
