Ian Bogost Quotes
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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Anti-inflammatories always seemed to work well for my joints, but the problem was you couldn't take them all the time.
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Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
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A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it's been tested by recession and all manner of challenges - I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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I think when you're a TV presenter, you have to have a reason for doing it, and a lot of them have been around a long time and grafted for that. The reason why it works with me on 'The Xtra Factor' is because I was a contestant on it, and I have a relationship with the viewers at home.
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I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.
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You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
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The Champions League is the one thing missing from my career. When I look at the history of the competition and the people that have taken part, the top, top players have all won it. For many, it is why they have been regarded as top players.
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You got to expand the sound to expand your horizon and your fanbase.
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Getting some distance allowed me to develop a hunger for India and to come back and explore it in a way I wouldn't have had I been living here. And that probably made me more political as well.
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I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not happy with.
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We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to 'speak' to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always 'speaking'. The question is whether we are listening.
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The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart. You have to be in your heart. Be in your heart. The rest is up here in your head where you are doing, doing, doing.
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I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite.
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I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think I'm very supportive.
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We're used to thinking of fun as a sort of synonym for light pleasure.
