Gary Gygax Quotes
Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV rather than getting dressed up and going out to see a live play. In the same way, the computer is a more immediately accessible way to play games.Gary Gygax
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
Lacey Chabert -
Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
Barrett Foa -
Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
Magdalena Neuner -
I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
Gail Sheehy -
Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
Vincent Bugliosi
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
Gary Cole -
All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
Park Chan-wook -
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
S. J. Perelman -
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
Laura Donnelly -
The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
P. J. O'Rourke
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
Warren Christopher -
As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
Kara Swisher -
I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.
Garrett Hedlund -
I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.
Haley Bennett -
Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
Kate Smith
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A country without borders is not a country.
Carlos Beruff -
People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other.
Lisa See -
War destroys people's souls. Most people focus on physical injuries, but the invisible injuries can take a lifetime to heal and affects the lives of generations to come.
Emmanuel Jal -
There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.
Harry S Truman -
Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV rather than getting dressed up and going out to see a live play. In the same way, the computer is a more immediately accessible way to play games.
Gary Gygax