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Quotes About Determination

He wants to laugh out loud or punch a wall. He feels drunk or at least carbonated. Insane. At first, he thinks this is happiness, but then he determines it's love. Fucking love , he thinks. What a bother . It's completely gotten in the way of his plan to drink himself to death, to drive his business to ruin. The most annoying thing about it is that once a person gives a shit about one thing, he finds he has to start giving a shit about everything.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
But then again maybe "I will" is nicer. It has a future in it.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
You try again. You fail better.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?" She said, "I refused to be shamed." "How did you do that?" you asked. "When they came at me, I kept coming," she said.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I accept your condemnation," I said.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I'm going to play until the end of this life.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Besides, I did not require heroism--I had been the hero of my own life for some time.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
You are a gaming person, which is to say you are the kind of person who believes that "game over" is a construction. The game is only over if you stop playing. There is always one more life. Even the most brutal death isn't final.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you and it's a perfect time for you to sit down in front of your computer and make another game. You try again. You fail better.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you and it's a perfect time for you to sit down in front of your computer and make another game. You try again. You fail better.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I thought you were worried I was going to die," Sam said. "No. You'll never die. And if you ever died, I'd just start the game again," Sadie said. "Sam's dead. Put another quarter in the machine." "Go back to the save point. Keep playing, and we'll win eventually.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I want this job." "Many people do, my girl." "How do I get it?" Maya asks. "Reading, as aforementioned." Maya nods. "I do that." "A good chair." "I have one of those." "Then you're well on your way," Daniel tells her before setting her back on the ground. "I'll
~ Gabrielle Zevin
But sometimes, you have to make your game in the time that you have. If you're always aiming for perfection, you won't make anything at all.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow," she said, "we try again. We fail again. We do better.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
public failures are different, it's true." "So, what do I do?" she asked. "You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you and it's a perfect time for you to sit down in front of your computer and make another game. You try again. You fail better." "I
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Perché farla, una cosa, se non credi che abbia un grande potenziale.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made, by Jason Schreier;
~ Gabrielle Zevin
How did we get through?' Bong Cha had been baffled by Sam's question. 'We got up in the morning.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
But even a declawed tiger still has teeth..." -Anya
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Emily was five months pregnant when she decided to open the bookstore. Friendship didn't have one, and it would be a way for Emily to read more and farm less. She sold off her farm equipment at a 50 percent loss and she rented out her unused land to Alabaster. Emily allocated most of her remaining gold to the construction of a small building in town. She named the store Friendship Books.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
What suit jacket would say "supportive," "feminist," "unbroken," "optimistic"? What one effing suit jacket could possibly accomplish that?
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I've decided we're going to be great friends, by the way. Don't bother trying to resist me. I'll stalk you until you submit.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Beauty, after all, is almost always a matter of angles and resolve.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Hi," Sam said, without looking at her. "You can watch if you want. I'm going to play until the end of this life." "That's a good philosophy," Anna said. She concentrated on the game and tried not to hear the nearby sirens
~ Gabrielle Zevin