As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That’s what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games – nothing like saving the world.
I used to record songs, like, play the beat from one phone and have another phone recording me and just rap. Moving from that to a studio was like, ‘Damn, I never knew I could sound like this.’ It was just magic.
Sometimes, the hardest things are just the simple things. Basically, get out of your own head and just go play the game you know how to play.
When you get to play with the big boys, your game improves drastically.
I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
My hobbies are linked to the way I want to play soccer. I want to do different action things, like kite surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking, freeriding with skis. I like these sports in my free time and it could be a big link with how I want to play soccer.
Don’t play the saxophone. Let it play you.
Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Do you realize that you can’t play the game of life with sweaty palms?
What position didn’t I play last season?
If you’re a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it’s a street corner or a coffee shop. I got my start in a coffee shop that didn’t even have live music. I wanted to play in coffee shops that did have live music, but I didn’t have an audience.
Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that.
Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
Fair play doesn’t pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage.
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.
I didn’t realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It’s not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself.
The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared between the Hellenes and their Asiatic fathers. The unarmed personal encounter was indicative of a sturdier manhood.
I did get to keep the wedding dresses from ‘Runaway Bride’. They’re all boxed up in my garage. I’ve never opened them. It’ll be fun one day when Hazel is taller. She can play dress-up with her friends.
No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.
I’ll play it first and tell you what it is later.
I’ve visited Lincoln Park Zoo more times than I can count because I believe the more the public learns about our animals, plants and environment, the better equipped we are to play a leading role in protecting our planet.
You always have to play with desire at Real Madrid.
You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems. You can also see what’s wrong. Young children, especially, have enormous creativity, and whatever’s in them rises to the surface in free play.
Basically, I only play one character; I just play him at different volumes.
I wasn’t really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.
Me and John Mayer met via a mutual connect, we were by the studio and he asked If I could play him my music. When he heard ‘Under The Influence,’ he asked if he could be a part of the track and of course, we made that happen.
The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
You must play boldly to win.
I’m just grateful I get to play football every single day of my life. So I’m never really in a bad mood.
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
I play a lot of cricket. I just want to play, play, and play.
With foxes we must play the fox.
I don’t have any magical ability. I look at a problem, play with it, work out a strategy.
When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‘Come on, we can beat these guys!’ That’s just in me.
Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is a dream – realize it. Life is a sacrifice – offer it. Life is love – enjoy it.
Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
I admire rugged hard men who play rugby because it’s something I would never contemplate.
Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I’d go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I’d sing and play.
The result is an empty thing. The result is I’m happy for the next two days because I get less criticism and more time to improve my team. But what satisfies me the most in my job is to feel emotions, the way we play.
I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.
I just like winning every tournament that I play. All of them are important for me. Each has its own history, its own characteristic, but they are all important.
What I do remember about first grade and that year was that it was very lonely. I didn’t have any friends, and I wasn’t allowed to go to the cafeteria or play on the playground. What bothered me most was the loneliness in school every day.
The rich are those who play to win. The middle class plays not to lose.
Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.
We’re all just playing our own game. I don’t see it as a rivalry. We’re just trying to play our best.
For me, it’s always more difficult and slightly exposing to play something that’s close to yourself. I always like to try to hide, just because I can’t stand the way I look.
Some guys play with their heads. That’s okay. You’ve got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you’ve got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can’t be much good.
How to play music may be known. At the commencement of the piece, all the parts should sound together. As it proceeds, they should be in harmony while severally distinct and flowing without break, and thus on to the conclusion.
Chemistry is the melodies you can play on vibrating strings.
All musicians practice ear training constantly, whether or not they are cognizant of it. If, when listening to a piece of music, a musician is envisioning how to play it or is trying to play along, that musician is using his or her ‘ear’ – the understanding and recognition of musical elements – for guidance.
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
It’s nice to play a three-dimensional person every once in a while for a change of pace.
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
To this day, I don’t like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you’re going to play special.
I have no ambitions at all! I have none… seriously. I want to be a good father. I want to be a good husband. I want to be a good son, a good brother, a good family member. I don’t have any ambition to direct a film or write a play. I like acting.
The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.
Pressure is the single mom who is trying to scuffle and pay her rent. We get paid a lot of money to play a game. Don’t get me wrong: there are challenges. But to call it pressure is almost an insult to regular people.
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
When I played Robert Howard in ‘The Whole Wide World’, I was struggling with it. There’s this dual thing where you feel real good about being able to play this juicy part, and then there’s constant shame: ‘Who am I to pretend to know who this guy was? Who am I to represent this guy for people who never knew him?’
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums… I’m working on mastering the accordion.
