Quotes 101 till 120 of 292.
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If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained... it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will.
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If we must play the theological game, let us never forget that it is a game. Religion, it seems to me, can survive only as a consciously accepted system of make-believe.
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If we're going to talk about our businesses, we're going to have to talk about them within the constraints of the disclosure rules, without giving guidance, because we're not going to give guidance, because we don't believe that it is a sensible game to play.
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If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
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If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.
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If you want to understand financial markets, and their effects on the economy, you have to understand the trading game. Many short-term price movements are neither random nor caused by economic fundamentals. They're caused by investors buying and selling.
The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006) Ch. 1 -
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
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If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host.
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If you're going to play the game [politics] properly, you'd better know every rule.
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Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.
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In our game, it's your vanity that keeps you in shape. I've got a little gym set up, and I ride a single-speed bike up the hills behind my house. Lately I've been kind of a slacker. Usually it's a film role that makes me start getting in shape. Between roles, I try to do a little maintenance, but I'm not a workout fanatic at all.
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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
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In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!
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In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.
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In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is the requirement for survival.
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In the United States, viewers don't get to see a lot of things we can show in other countries. We didn't get to show our naked Twister game from Wild On Jamaica, but we definitely filmed it.
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In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.
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Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance.
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It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game.
In a Sunburned Country (US) / Down Under (UK) (2000)
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