Gretchen Rubin Quotes

If you want someone else to do a task, don't do it yourself.

Gretchen Rubin

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I think 'World of Warcraft' shows that people today still like a good fantasy hack and slash game. I always thought that a lot of computer fantasy games leapt into complex party-based play somewhat prematurely.

John Carmack

GoodTodayPeopleWorldGameThink

Bad guys are so much fun to play because you can go as far and as wacky as you want.

Joel Gretsch

FunYouBadPlayGoWant

I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

John Shirley

CulturePeopleThinkingTryingPop

A meaningless statement remains meaningless no matter how often it's heard.

Roy H. Williams

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I love OneRepublic, The Script, All Time Low. I love pretty much every genre. I love the Rolling Stones and Elvis.

Ross Lynch

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I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.

Rowan Atkinson

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No single person can possess the wisdom to chart our course.

Jonathan Schell

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Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past.

Jonathan Sacks

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I'd hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.

Dean Martin

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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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My parents' example of a loving, caring relationship, I think, has affected my songwriting a ton and allowed me to start writing love songs that people could connect to without sounding like you're being cheesy, because they're coming from a real place, something that I saw coming up. I think they're a huge influence on my songwriting.

Brett Young

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I was very anxious when I was writing 'Oscar And Lucinda.' I would take other books off the shelf to check my chapter length was OK.

Peter Carey

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