“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
“Let me tell you something, the end game, Paul, for Congress and this president - and I don't know how many members of Congress even realize the game that they are either being used in or a pawn in. But believe me, they'll take the universal health care coverage over what skin they do have in it. They're going to come out - this system is going to come out the other side dictorial [sic] - it is going to come out a fascist state.” KnowsBelieveEndsStatesCareUsedGamesSidesPresidentRealizingKnow HowMembersSkinsUniversalLet MeCongressHealth CareBelieve In MeCoverageFascistsPawnsUniversal Health Care Author:Glenn Beck
“Jung Min is SS501's Hitler. When we lived together, we played video games. But we can't turn the sound loud. Not even by one click. Jung Min says we can't have it loud, so we're like “Ok, fine. He's our member, so let's be understanding and turn it down.” We turn it off, but he goes to his room and does karaoke!” DoeTogetherTurnsGamesUnderstandingSoundRoomsFineMembersVideoLoudClicksJungKaraoke Author:Kim Kyu-jong
“Television's contribution to family life has been an equivocal one. For while it has, indeed, kept the members of the family from dispersing, it has not served to bring them together. By its domination of the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family from another, a quality that depends to a great extent on what a family does, what special rituals, games, recurrent jokes, familiar songs, and shared activities it accumulates.” DoeHas BeensTogetherSongGamesQualitySpecialTelevisionDependsActivityMembersJokesFamiliarContributionRitualDominationFamily Life Author:Marie Winn
“The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.” GamesChurchMembersBallsSundaySaturdayBall GamesChurch MembersChurch On Sunday Author:Vance Havner
“I believe a family can be like that sports team. A successful family wins as a team. But if its members are intent upon winning their own individual battles with one another, the team loses. A winning solution is to work out the differences and, when it's over, let it be over. Then they can get back in the game as a team.” IfsBelieveGamesWinningIndividualI BelieveSportsLosesDifferencesSuccessfulTeamBattleMembersSolutionsWork OutGet BackSports TeamPower StruggleBack In The Game Author:Steve Goodier
“I've always said as a political scientist that "culture" is what we use when we can't explain things. I think it's more about accessibility. Part of the problem is that this is an expensive game [golf]. I know in a couple of places where there are black members, and they come from pretty much the same socioeconomic level that the white members come from.” ThinkingKnowsSaidUseProblemPoliticalCultureGamesBlackWhiteLevelsCoupleMembersScientistGolfExpensiveAccessibility Author:Condoleezza Rice
“When I look back I can tell that after I started having a family, I certainly wanted to make games that could be played with all the family members.” LooksI CanWantedGamesMembersFamily Members Author:Shigeru Miyamoto
“During the final two weeks of training, our students work simulated game situations in which our staff members role-play as players, managers, and coaches. They are given immediate feedback following each camp game.” TwoPlayGamesGivenSituationRolesPlayerWeekStudentsMembersTrainingFinalsFollowingCoachesManagersCampsStaffFeedbackTwo WeeksStaff Members Author:Jim Evans
“I always feel that a viewer has an expectation about every moment of the film and where it's going, so if I act against that, I've created a twist. In fact it becomes a kind of game with the expectations of the viewer. This is the superficial appearance. In the layer beneath there is a hidden theme. The result of each twist is that the judgment of the audience member is challenged.” IfsFeelsKindMomentsFactsFilmGamesResultsAudienceMembersJudgmentExpectationsAppearanceThemeLayersSuperficialViewersTwists Author:Asghar Farhadi
“[Spielberg] surrounds himself with great crew members who are at the top of their game and know their stuff. He motivates us by liking what we do, and he doesn't get paralyzed by the process or by new ideas. He embraces them and uses them.” KnowsIdeasUseGamesStuffProcessMembersEmbraceSurroundNew IdeasCrewParalyzed Author:Janusz Kaminski