"We've been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games. It's so deep-seated that it can bypass latter-day cultural norms and biases."

-- Jane McGonigal

#Playing Games Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work with them will act suggestively and so presently evoke a flight into the higher state.”
“Itâ€™s not that I canâ€™t fall in love. Itâ€™s really that I canâ€™t help falling in love with too many things all at once. So, you must understand why I canâ€™t distinguish between whatâ€™s platonic and what isnâ€™t, because itâ€™s all too much and not enough at the same time.”
“Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.”
“Words were different when they lived inside of you.”
“Before consulting the hotheads who present various military options such as a military invasion: remember, President Reagan, Rambo only exists in the movies.”

Source : Daniel Ortega (1987). “Discurso pronunciado por el Presidente de la República de Nicaragua y Coordinador de la Comisión Ejecutiva de la Dirección Nacional del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, Comandante de la Revolución Daniel Ortega Saavedra, en la Cuadragésima Segund”
“Never stay in a bad marriage, and don't hang around with psycho coke fiends.”
“I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?”
“I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.”

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