"One of the main things that's appealing about games is that you know a game can be won. It's an unusual game that's impossible to win."

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Source : "Why games will take over our lives". Interview with John D. Sutter, www.cnn.com. April 5, 2010.

Jesse Schell

#Winning Quotes #Games Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.”

Source : "Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So..." Documentary, www.imdb.com. 1995.
“Freedom is one of the principal goals of human endeavor, but the best use man can make of his freedom is to place limitations upon it.”
“You can't get too much winter in the winter.”
“Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores.”
“What matters most in a childâ€™s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years. What matters, instead, is whether we are able to help her develop a very different set of qualities, a list that includes persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit, and self-confidence. Economists refer to these as noncognitive skills, psychologists call them personality traits, and the rest of us sometimes think of them as character.”
“But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they'll move forward too.”
“These things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency.”
“Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.”

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