Jane McGonigal Quotes

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.

Jane McGonigal

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Contraception is a couple's issue.

Joanna Coles

ContraceptionIssueCouple

The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic relations, deprive loyal men of their property, and disloyal as well, without trial or condemnation.

Melville Fuller

MenPresidentWithoutPropertyMay

Right now, nearly all the apps on Facebook take a week to build. No more.

Max Levchin

WeekNowBuildMoreRightFacebook

There's so much stuff said about me that's not true, so now if something is hurtful and wrong, I send an e-mail or letter immediately, saying, This is not true.

Tracey Emin

MeSayingWrongSaidNowTrue

I think, for me, I've realized the responsibility of being a role model for young kids everywhere.

Tom Holland

ResponsibilityMeThinkRole Model

Obama was late to affirm the Egyptian revolution as a democratic movement, and even then he was eager to have installed those military leaders who were known for their practices of torture.

Judith Butler

RevolutionLateMilitaryMovement

I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'

Jason Reitman

LifeSonDayAdviceMy LifeCareer

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

CheatingLyingStealingCommonplace

My room was a real way of expressing myself. It was like a little nest that I could settle into.

Chloe Sevigny

MyselfSettleWayNestRealRoom

I need healthy options around, or else if I get hungry, I'll go straight for a cookie.

Christina Tosi

GoHealthyNeedHungryCookieGet

Fatherhood is the most amazing thing that could ever have happened in my life.

Corey Feldman

LifeAmazingMy LifeFatherhoodMost

I don't really write with living actors in mind. I guess I write for dead actors. I'll think of like, you know, Burt Lancaster would be good in this part, and so on. With 'L.A. Confidential,' it was like, 'Wouldn't it be cool if Dean Martin played the Kevin Spacey part?'

Brian Helgeland

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