"It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then youâ€™re not playing games."

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Source : Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.63, Penguin

Jane McGonigal

#Thinking Quotes #Playing Games Quotes #Loner Quotes

“For me, almost always, the answer was cake.”

Source : Diana Abu-Jaber (2007). “The Language of Baklava”, p.186, Anchor
“Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment, least of all death, for the purpose of promoting her ideas.”
“You got to get it while you can.”
“I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.”
“If Charles Lindbergh, flying with no instruments other than a bologna sandwich, managed to cross the Atlantic and land safely on a runway completely covered with French people, why are today's airplanes, which are equipped with radar and computers and individualized liquor bottles, unable to cope with fog?”
“When you consider all saints and prophets as legitimate and no longer differentiate between religions, you have reached the stage of true mysticism.”
“I love to help women cut through all the labeling loopholes to find the best personal and oral care products on the market. This includes, of course, ingredients, but also recyclable packaging, products with expiration dates, examining company values (which includes no animal testing), and more.”
“Obviously over the years, it's been America, it's been Europe. It's all been very kind of divided between those two continents. It's nice to kind of see that Asia is starting - and especially China - starting to get recognized in this sport, too.”

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