Ian Bogost Quotes
If you think of play as being in things, there are things that are playable, then it becomes the work of figuring out what a thing can do.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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I am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons.
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
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The way governments treat their own citizens matters; it matters because it can have a direct impact on international peace and security - and on our respective national security interests.
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I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.
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I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.
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Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that.
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I'm into all types of stuff. I might have on Pumas one day, Givenchy the next. I'd wear this John Elliott sweat suit to the club.
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If you think of play as being in things, there are things that are playable, then it becomes the work of figuring out what a thing can do.
