"How much freedom I have depends on the number and nature of my options. And that, in turn, depends both on the rules of the game and on the assetts of the players: it is a very important and widely neglected truth that it does not depend on the rules of the game alone."

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Source : Gerald Allan Cohen (1995). “Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality”, p.54, Cambridge University Press

Gerald Cohen

#Player Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Games Quotes

“I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together. And I want to make this whole new sound that's going to shock the world. Unfortunately, the masses didn't receive it.”
“I'm obsessed with shopping. I'll get these urges to buy, like to shop for stuff on the Internet. I search for all kinds of weird gizmos I could get.”
“I do have a chore schedule - in my mind. I dont tell anyone I have it, but its in my mind.”
“The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Rivers of London”, p.127, Hachette UK
“But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot people that I hope to be involved with, on their records and in their situations.”
“I always say, "Never give your lead character an infant. Make them a recovering alcoholic, or the victim of a horrible violent crime because you can really never truly recover from that." It's a story pitfall.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I may know I am better than an 18, but the computer absorbs my scores year after year and continues to tell me that is what I am. Therein lies the tragedy of golf. We know what we should be, but there is always some number telling us what it is...”
“Negative people deplete your energy. Surround yourself with love and nourishment and do not allow the creation of negativity in your environment.”

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