"I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skilfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laughâ€”also if I win."

-- Jean Webster

#Winning Quotes #Games Quotes #Play Quotes

“We need to see men and women as equal partners, but its hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!”
“We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.”

Source : William Wordsworth, Adam Sedgwick (1853). “A complete guide to the Lakes, comprising minute directions for the tourist, with mr. Wordsworth's Description of the scenery of the country, &c. and Three letters upon the geology of the Lake district, by prof. Sedgwick”, p.183
“The best anti-aging advice I've ever received? Drink a lot of water and have a plant-based diet. I also do mindful meditation with my daughter every day. It takes ten minutes. I think reducing stress plays a big part in anti-aging.”
“I'm a filmmaker. I'm an artist. I've chosen to work in history the way someone might choose to work in still lifes or landscapes.”
“It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be.”
“All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.”
“Hope is the dream of a waking man.”
“An ancient adage warns, "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three.”

Source : "The Mythical Man-Month". Book by Fred Brooks, 1975.

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