Jane McGonigal Quotes

In entertainment, we have a comfort level with crisis.

Jane McGonigal

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I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around.

John Astin

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The self-image of many contemporary sportswriters seems to depend on maintaining that were it not for sports, athletes would be pumping gas, if they were not sticking up the gas station.

John Gregory Dunne

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I was an international studies major.

Anna Chlumsky

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If someone thinks of something, some new innovation that benefits us all, and the market works properly, they get richly rewarded for that, and that's just terrific, and that creates inequality.

Angus Deaton

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I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise.

John Schlesinger

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I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.

Tom Stoppard

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I wish I could remember how to write a play. I can't remember how they happened.

Tom Stoppard

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We promised new benefits to seniors like preventive screening and diabetes testing. We kept that promise.

Mike Rogers

DiabetesNewTestingSeniorsPromise

There aren't enough people who are passionate with what they do. They're content just going through life being mediocre, being average. They don't want to thrive. They don't want to strive for greater. They're happy being where they are.

Doug Baldwin

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Having more than one legal system running is not a sign of a healthy or inclusive society. It is just one less thing that people have in common.

Deeyah Khan

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Of course I'm a winner. I always want to win.

Ashley Cole

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I guess I never really had a high school experience. I went for about a month, and on the first day one of my friends got punched in the eye. It was Southern California Public High School. Needless to say, I wasn't there for long.

Penn Badgley

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