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Letter "P" » plays
«God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.»
Author: Neil Gaiman
(Children's author, Comics writer, Journalist, Novelist, Screenwriter)
| About:
God,
Universe
| Keywords:
compared, complex, Dark Room, devising, dice, ineffable, my version, obscure, own version, perspective, pitch-dark, pitch, pitches, pitch in, pitch into, players, plays, poker, pokers, poker game, Poker Player, The Dark Room, version, versions
«Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.»
«A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.»
«He plays just like a union man. He negotiates the final score.»
«A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates»
«Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.»
«A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the»
Author: Buddha
| About:
Family
| Keywords:
A Beautiful Mind, come in, contact, flower, flower garden, get out, harmony, havoc, One Family, plays, storm
«A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her until you tread on it.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
double, double play, equivalent, flexible, forepart, hind, hinds, plays, tail, tread, tread on
«Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much more gracefully than human beings really move. Films and books and plays show us people talking much more entertainingly than people.»
Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
(Writer)
| Keywords:
artists, dancers, entertainingly, filmed, filming, films, frauds, gracefully, plays, talk show, Talk shows
«All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
Acts, ages, And One, entrances, Entrance to, entrancing, exited, exits, one-man, parts, part time, players, plays, seven, stage, The Men
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