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Letter "P" » play
«Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.»
Author: Cecil Beaton
(
Fashion designer,
Photographer)
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Keywords:
against,
assert,
asserted,
asserts,
commonplace,
commonplaces,
creatures,
Dare to Be Different,
daring,
different,
imaginative,
impractical,
integrity,
in ordinary,
ordinary,
play,
purpose,
slaves,
slaving,
The Creatures,
the play,
vision
«Hippies, hippies... they want to save the world but all they do is smoke pot and play frisbee!»
«If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.»
«Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.»
Author: Og Mandino
(
Essayist,
Psychologist)
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Keywords:
able,
and how,
blessings,
break,
break out,
come forward,
confidence,
confidences,
count,
finally,
forward,
forwarding,
forwards,
grace,
His return,
intended,
intending,
move,
music,
play,
realize,
return,
smiles,
strength,
sun,
The Forward,
The Return of,
The Sun,
valuable
«If I get to pick what I want to do, then it's play...if someone else tells me that I have to do it, then it's work.»
Author: Patricia Nourot
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Keywords:
do it,
else,
get to,
pick,
picking up,
pick at,
pick out,
pick over,
play,
Someone else,
tells,
work
«Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.»
Author: Voltaire
(
Philosopher,
Writer)
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About:
Life
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Keywords:
accept,
alone,
Be a Player,
cards,
card game,
deals,
decide,
each,
game,
Game of cards,
Game On,
gaming,
get in the game,
hand,
her,
him,
How to,
in hand,
in order,
My Game,
once,
order,
Orders of,
Other games,
out of order,
play,
player,
She,
take orders,
The Deal,
The Game of Life,
win,
win over
«And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(
Essayist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
bare,
bared,
barer,
bares,
barest,
baring,
delights,
earth,
feet,
hair,
Long To,
play,
the Earth,
winds
«If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(
Physicist)
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About:
Gossip,
Listening,
Success,
Work
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Keywords:
being,
by mouth,
do work,
equal,
equaled,
equaling,
equals,
formula,
formulas,
for keeps,
in play,
is a,
keeping,
kept up,
mouth,
mouthed,
On the Mouth,
out of work,
play,
played out,
play out,
play up,
plus,
pluses,
shut,
shutting,
shut in,
success,
then,
The Formula,
with,
work,
work over,
work through,
work up
«If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time»
Author: Chinese Proverbs
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About:
Play
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Keywords:
at the start,
decide,
game,
play,
quitting,
rules,
Rules of,
staked,
stakes,
start,
The Game,
The Rules
«In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(
Critic,
Philosopher,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
every,
hidden,
hide out,
in play,
play,
played out,
play out,
play up,
real,
Real Men,
wants