"If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record."

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"If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record."

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"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."

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"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go."

Carew Papritz, American Author

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"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working."

Donald Sutherland, Canadian Actor

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"The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met."

Chet Baker, American Musician

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"It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play."

Edward Bond, English Playwright

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"I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty."

Jules Shear, American Musician

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"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."

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