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Quotes About Play

Unlike seeking, which is result-oriented and rooted in a sense of dissatisfaction and incompleteness, this kind of meditative inquiry is rooted in curiosity, interest and love. Much as a lover explores the beloved, this nondual, nonconceptual inquiry is an act of love and devotion. Much as a child explores the world with open curiosity and wonder, this kind of inquiry is a form of play and self-discovery.
~ Joan Tollifson
While we touch on both of these, our focus is on how we can strengthen our commitment and capacity to act, so that we can best play our part, whatever that may be, in the healing of our world.
~ Joanna Macy
the youngsters to get some fresh air and run off some of
~ Anne Baker
Maybe you should go home and rest," Simon told Meg. Maybe he could go home with her and they could cuddle for a while or play a game. Or she could watch a movie with him and pet him.
~ Anne Bishop
And yet hope turns out to be let's face it mostly delusion a word derived from Latin ludere meaning "to play a game with oneself or others"...
~ Anne Carson
No other mammal produces even a fraction of the kind of original vocal play that human babies do.
~ Anne Karpf
Work like a captain. Play like a pirate.
~ Anonymous
I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.
~ Cal Ripken, Jr.
It was a very exciting time for me to play professional football, finally.
~ Jim Otto
I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
~ Wynton Marsalis
I play a kids' game professionally and I love it.
~ Jalen Ramsey
At any given time somebody has to make a play, and if it's not myself, you have other players that are paid and professionals like myself.
~ DeSean Jackson
Cruyff defined a philosophy and a style of how we had to play: positional play, type of players, the profile of the coaches, even.
~ Michael Laudrup
But boy, right away it is fun to play around with the Paintbox program.
~ Red Grooms
Everyone needs to move - if you're a pro athlete, a contortionist, a computer programmer, or just somebody who wants to play with their kids.
~ John Morrison
It's a mistake to try to use play to deliberately foster developmental progress.
~ Brian Sutton-Smith
I always wanted to play a bigger part in the process of cinema, so production felt like a very natural progression and calling.
~ Dia Mirza
I kind of 'code-sketch,' where I get started with a project by actually writing the code for it and getting something up on the screen. Then I play around with it and see if it's any fun and change the parts that aren't.
~ Markus Persson
I love working with new directors. There's so much drive and effort. It still comes down to the character for me, but if it's a character I really want to play, I would never not do the project because of a new director.
~ Pauley Perrette
I had two major activities as a child. I was trying to put on shows with kids in my street, or I was drawing. Actually, what I'm doing now is exactly what I was doing then. Either I'm drawing, or I'm gathering people for a common project. The only difference is that now they are paying me for that.
~ Marjane Satrapi
I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it.
~ Philip Seymour Hoffman
I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it.
~ Dylan O'Brien
I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.
~ Stone Gossard
Nowadays, kids need promises to play. And I'm not gonna lie, I almost went to Mississippi. But that's the best thing I did, when I changed my mind and went to Miami.
~ Frank Gore