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Game Quotes
From the golf course to the chessboard.
This page uses "game" loosely — from a famously dismissive take on golf as a waste of effort, to praise for the creativity found in game development compared with feature filmmaking. If gaming culture specifically interests you, see Games quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game.
- Skin
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want better behavior from bankers, then make their financial incentives more like those in the hedge-fund world - where managers have 'skin in the game,' and their net worth is tied to their long-term performance.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've met a lot of military men in my time. After they retire, they are still extremely game. They dress perfectly and have impeccable manners. They always end up as secretaries of golf clubs. I have great admiration for them.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Putting is an art. When you're not feeling confident on the greens, it will affect the rest of your game.
- Nov 07, 2020
Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know the game wasn't a classic, but the night was about more than that-it was about bringing back the memories and raising money for former heroes who have now fallen on hard times.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020
So much depends on the performance, and here you are also tied up in the emotion the game evokes.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although baseball actually began as a game played largely by urban toughs, its image was soon reconstructed to mirror the country's pastoral myth.
- Intrigue
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- Nov 07, 2020