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Quotes About Play

My soul is like a hidden orchestra; I do not know which instruments grind and play away inside of me, strings and harps, timbales and drums. I can only recognize myself as symphony.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Ele dorme dentro da minha alma E às vezes acorda de noite E brinca com os meus sonhos. Vira uns de pernas para o ar, Põe uns em cima dos outros E bate as palmas sozinho Sorrindo para o meu sono.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Cómo sabéis que viajando así no me rejuvenezco oscuramente? Infantil de absurdo, revivo mi propia infancia y juego con las ideas de las cosas como con soldados de plomo, con los cuales, de pequeño, hacía cosas que nada tenían que ver con un soldado.   Ebrio de errores, me pierdo a veces por sentirme vivir.
~ Fernando Pessoa
if what lies beyond the theatre doors is life, then we will live; if it is death, then we will die, and the play is irrelevant.
~ Fernando Pessoa
To say there is a time and a place for everything is trite, but the truth of the sentiment is not to be denied for all that; one could play the accordion while having a bath but probably nobody has ever tried to do that.
~ Flann O'Brien
It's always great to be home and play in front of family and friends, especially for a big game.
~ Clint Dempsey
One of my fantasies is to produce 'Auntie Mame' as a play.
~ Zac Posen
Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
~ Orlando Bloom
I live my life in a sea of clothes. And it's fantastic to be able to use them and play with them.
~ Suki Waterhouse
Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play.
~ Peter Shaffer
My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black children.
~ Billy Graham
I am always fascinated by the way kids create their own world. That is something I am very attentive to anywhere I go.
~ Francis Alys
I was always fascinated particularly with synths: how they looked and stuff that when you're a kid you're like this is the most incredible thing in the world just to play.
~ Jon Hopkins
I feel really lucky that I somehow have blagged my way into loads of different experiences. I find making a film fascinating, I find making a play amazing, and working with my band and scoring things... it's all really cool. I'm just a glutton for experience, really.
~ Johnny Flynn
Coming up in the School of Aaron Sorkin Delivery of Fast-Paced Dialogue and Hyper-Articulateness prepared me well for Shondaland, where there are many of the same factors at play.
~ Joshua Malina
There's so many adjustments off of every route that, if you're able to understand the defense, then you can play that much faster, because you don't even know pre-snap, sometimes, exactly what you're gonna need to do.
~ Cooper Kupp
Coach Skiles is tough. He's been my only coach in the NBA, so I'm used to it. His rules are a little different at times. At the end of the day, he just wants you to play hard defense, and you can't fault him for that.
~ Brandon Jennings
If I play well, I'll deserve to play. If I don't perform, it will be my fault.
~ Demba Ba
I did 'Narnia' because it was a good opportunity and all that, but really? I wanted to play Mr. Tumnus because he's my favourite children's character. That was awesome.
~ James McAvoy
Growing up, I was like any Aussie kid - you know we love our sport - that was my favourite subject at school. That is a subject, right?
~ Nick Cummins
Klopp helped me play my favourite position again - centre-forward.
~ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
~ Harold Pinter
I actually don't wear any makeup when I'm on the field. I like looking nice, but my main concern is how I play - to me, if you look and feel good, then you play good. On the field, I only wear Coppertone Sport SPF 30. I like it because it feels like I'm putting on lotion rather than SPF.
~ Kelley O'Hara
But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.
~ Thierry Henry