Jane McGonigal Quotes
Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.
Quotes to Explore
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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I was the guy literally in the chess club who decided to wear a bow tie for the last two years of high school, so I obviously wasn't trying to get the ladies.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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All I'm doing is writing it down and putting it in a cadence. Once I get into a cadence, then why should I even stop and wonder what it is? You can do that for the rest of your life, but when it's coming out, you don't want to stop it.
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There are some people who have had no pay rises for a very long time, and, working in highly skilled and highly responsible roles and in the health services and education, they deserve to be properly remunerated.
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You could have the biggest screen, you could have the clearest screen. But if there is not great content on this thing, that big-screen TV is not a huge value to you, even though it has the best picture on the planet.
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Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.
