Jane McGonigal Quotes
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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But the working I would always want to do.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves.
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Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
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It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.
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I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.
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There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers.
