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.Ian Bogost
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
Ed Koch -
I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
Daniel Barber -
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.
Samantha Isler -
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.
Harold Pinter -
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.
Nate Powell -
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
Ward McAllister
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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.
Rachel Corrie -
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.
Sam Smith -
Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
Harold Pinter -
I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
Madhur Bhandarkar -
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.
Natasha Richardson -
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.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
Rachel Blanchard -
There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
Felix Dennis -
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.
Larry Wall -
Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
Carl Orff -
I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.
Najib Razak -
Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.
Ignatius of Antioch
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I'm a part of a program called Toyota's Engines of Change Program. The message is that anyone can make a difference in their community or for whatever cause they feel strongly about. Everyone can be an Engine of Change.
Aaron Peirsol -
Knowing not to have illusions is absolutely necessary in order to have dreams.
Fernando Pessoa -
I thought I'd just do a wave of movies, and then I'd burn out. They just kept coming together.
Paul Walker -
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Israel's middle class is paying for those below it, and that's fine, but also for those who are above it, and that's very wrong.
Yair Lapid -
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.
Ian Bogost