“It was in reading Tristam Shandy that I noticed how it is primarily men who gravitate towards the game-playing self-reflexive style. There is an alienation from emotion in it, a Nervous Nelly fear of letting go and being "exposed." As an attitude towards life, it betrays a perpetual adolescence. Those who hurled themselves after Derrida were not the most sophisticated but the most pretentious, and least creative members of my generation of academics.” MenSelfReadingGamesEmotionAttitudeCreativeGenerationsStyleLetting GoMembersNervousExposedBetrayPerpetualSophisticatedAdolescenceAlienationMy GenerationPretentiousAttitude Towards LifeDerrida Author:Camille Paglia
“I think pro-athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create! Lets go! Anything that will make you run faster, jump higher! I have High-Definition TV! I want my athletes like my video games! Lets go! I could care less if you die at 40. You hate life after sports anyways. I'm doing you a favor.” IfsThinkingWantShouldUseCareRunningHateDiesGamesSportsFansTvsHigherLetting GoDeserveAthleteDefinitionsFavorsVideoFasterDoing YouSteroidGreatest AthleteCould Care LessHate LifeHigh DefinitionPro Athlete Author:Daniel Tosh
“People for whom art is religion can say, "What I love about art is that it points to a higher reality." Well, fine, but the time comes when the smart thing for such a person to do is to let go of the fun of the art and get into the hard work of attaining and understanding that higher reality, unmixed with worldly games.” PeopleWellsPersonsArtHardRealityGamesFunUnderstandingHard WorkFineHigherLetting GoSmartArt IsWorldly Author:Jim Woodring
“As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chewing an apple at a baseball game. You've got to let go of the diet that day.” TogetherGamesLetting GoBaseballDietsApplesBaseball GamesChewing Author:Kevin James
“Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.” GivingGamesTeamLetting GoRepresentingNever Let Go Author:Jonny Wilkinson
“My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.” GivingPlayFightingGamesChanceGrowing UpGrowingMomLetting GoLet MeGive MeBlowMy MomVideoDimensionsEscapismGamingJust Let GoGive Me A Chance Author:Wayne Brady
“Om rubed his head. This wasn't god-like thinking. It seemed simpler when you were up here. It was all a game. You forgot that it wasn't a game down there. People died. Bits got chopped off. We're like eagles up here, he thought. Sometimes we show tortoise how to fly. Then we let go.” PeopleThinkingSometimesShowsGamesBitsLetting GoDiedEaglesTortoises Author:Terry Pratchett
“I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.” MomentsHandsGamesLetting GoCamerasPreparingHolding OnPeetaKatnissHand HoldingSlipping AwayCapitol In Hunger GamesHunger For Love Book:The Hunger Games Trilogy Source: The Hunger Games Trilogy
“mostly we've had to found ways to amuse ourselves." "Really?" Valkyrie asked. "Like what?" Plight's smile faded. "Like human sacrifice." He grabbed one arm and Lenka grabbed the other and Valkyrie cried out. Then they both let go. laughing. "Naw," Plight said, we just play board games." ..."she fell for it!" gasped Lenka. "She fell for the human sacrifice bit!” WayHumansSaidPlayFoundGamesBitsLaughingSacrificeArmsLetting GoBoardsCriedFadedPlightBoard Games Author:Derek Landy
“And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. What’s more, obsessing about winning is a loser’s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.” KnowsWayGamesWinningFunCausesLosesEmotionConditionsLetting GoLosingCoachesOutcomesLoserCounterproductiveObsessing Book:Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success Source: Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
“Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the night, or you're half-awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is. Every time you try to put your finger on it, it slips away. You turn on the lights and the cockroaches run away. You can never grasp them...” TryingWholeLightRunningNightSongTurnsGamesSleepHalfMiddleLetting GoTiredFingersCriticalGet UpAwakeDemonFacultySongwritingSlipsRunning AwayPossessedTurn-onGoing To SleepMiddle Of The NightCockroaches Author:John Lennon
“I don’t want to say I’ll be back at the top of my game because everybody’s gonna think I’m crazy and it’s the old player not letting go sort of thing, but that’s what it’s gonna be.” ThinkingWantGamesPlayerCrazyLetting GoNot Letting Go Author:Kobe Bryant