"It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games"

-- Henry James

#Winning Quotes #Games Quotes #Play Quotes

“Monarchy is an outrage which even the blind of an entire people cannot justify... all men hold from nature the secret mission to destroy wherever it my be found. No man can reign innocently. The folly is too evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper. Do kings themselves treat otherwise those who seek to usurp their authority?”
“The idea of Christ is much older than Christianity.”
“Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it.”
“The nature of process, to one degree or another, involves failure. You have at it. It doesnâ€™t work. You keep pushing. It gets better. But itâ€™s not good. It gets worse. You got at it again. Then you desperately stab at it, believing â€œthis isnâ€™t going to work.â€ And it does!”
“As a busker, one thing that does not work is self-consciousness. A busker needs to be working. A busker needs to shed all ego and get down to work. Play your songs, play them well, earn your money, and don't get in people's way.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, music.avclub.com. January 17, 2008.
“Enthusiasm is my superpower. One might say that confidence yields the same result. I disagree. Confidence is about yourself, enthusiasm is about something else. Confidence is impressive, but enthusiasm is infectious. Confidence is serious, enthusiasm is fun.”
“Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.”
“A gentleman can hardly continue to sit,' he explained, in his serenest and most level voice, 'when he asks a very remarkable young lady to do him the honor of marrying him. And - 'he somehow contrived to grin at me wickedly, 'I usually get what I want, Miss Grahame,' he added, and pitched over in a tangled heap on the floor.”

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