Quotes with playing

Quotes 161 till 180 of 220.

  • Bobby Fischer The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, black jack for example, and every time the dealer has the same starting hand you have the same starting hand. What's the point?
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Carl Lewis The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • Billy Gibbons The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.
    Billy Gibbons
    American musician, record producer, and actor (1949 - )
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  • Ben Folds The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Thomas J. Peters The simple act of playing positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
    Thomas J. Peters
    American Management Consultant, Author, Trainer (1942 - )
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  • Ben Whishaw The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.
    Ben Whishaw
    English actor (1980 - )
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  • Bela Lugosi The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
    Bela Lugosi
    Hungarian-American actor (1882 - 1956)
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  • B. B. King The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Caroline Wozniacki There are always some surprises in the draw when people are playing pretty well.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Jean Baudrillard There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • David Attenborough There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.
    David Attenborough
    English veteran broadcaster and naturalist (1926 - )
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  • Bria Skonberg There's nothing worse than bad scatting, except maybe bad mouth trumpet. Mouth trumpet may sound like a trumpet, but it's really more like playing a kazoo. The instant you do your solo, the audience has a bit of a chuckle.
    Bria Skonberg
    Canadian jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1983 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard There's something really freeing about playing a character that isn't even, like, remotely likeable whatsoever.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Barry Humphries There's to be a film about my life. I can give this as an exclusive now. Meryl Streep was offered the part but, no, I wanted Kate Winslet. Kylie Minogue is playing me in middle age. In old age, I'm not sure who's going to play me. I haven't got there yet. Perhaps Cate Blanchett. Or Jacki Weaver.
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Carl Hubbell They talk about those All-Star Games being exhibition affairs, and maybe they are, but I've seen very few players in my life who didn't want to win, no matter whom they were playing or what for.
    Carl Hubbell
    American baseball player (1903 - )
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  • Blaise Pascal Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
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    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Carmine Coppola To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing.
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  • Bobby Vinton Today, you're either very big or you're playing stadiums or you're not playing anymore. You're either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won't go to see you at all.
    Bobby Vinton
    American singer and songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Bonnie Bedelia Unless you burst into movies as a sex goddess, you're likely to play wives and mothers. I came into movies as a teenager in 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They' (1969) playing a pregnant waif from the Ozarks. I didn't get a chance to burst into movies in 'Body Heat.' My career isn't based on having a 23-inch waist and a big bust, though I do.
    Bonnie Bedelia
    American actress (1948 - )
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  • B. D. Wong Usually, when you are an ethnic person or a trans person, in your average, everyday, unsophisticated television show, you are there for that reason. And they clearly justify and overexplain why. You very rarely see a transgender actor playing the part of a grocery-store clerk without having to say, 'Oh, look at that trans person.'
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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