Ian Bogost Quotes
I think the most important thing to realize about play is that it's this thing that's in stuff, it's not in you.
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Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long.
Malcolm Gladwell
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I still have my old Nintendo 64 that works. And I hook it up, and I still play the original 'Goldeneye.' I'm that geek. I have an 'NBA Jam' arcade machine in my office at 'SNL.'
Taran Killam
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If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
Yogi Berra
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Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
J Mascis
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Here's the miracle: I grew up thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to write 'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my own show, or work on 'Lensman,' or 'Forbidden Planet?' Those were very literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened.
J. Michael Straczynski
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I'm drawn to projects where I play these really complicated characters, but also where I can have some type of influence on affecting what we see as societal norms.
Rami Malek
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I had the strong sense that I really wanted to be a SEAL, and I started thinking, 'Look, I don't ever want to look back and feel I have any regrets.'
Gabriel E. Gomez
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You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of the world; I don't think it exists.
Laura Mvula
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The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition.
Fernando Torres
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I found it really hard for a couple of years to do any writing because all I wanted to do was play the fiddle. From the minute I took it up, I just couldn't put it down.
Kate Thompson
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Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.
Fatos Nano
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I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.
Salma Hayek
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before.
Carly Rae Jepsen
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Everybody has a role or part to play; if somebody fits the bill, that is what matters.
Malaika Arora Khan
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Personally, I don't even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel helpless to fix anything and reminds me that the general population doesn't treat these issues as an important part of our political life.
Rachel Dratch
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The right to communicate is a basic human right, and I believe that putting that on every national agenda is very important.
Hamadoun Toure
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You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That's what is important.
Earl Warren
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In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s.
Phyllis Smith
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You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little potbelly and a bald spot.
Elayne Boosler
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The British have chosen liberty with Brexit and can congratulate themselves every day.
Marine Le Pen
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I think the most important thing to realize about play is that it's this thing that's in stuff, it's not in you.
Ian Bogost