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"Dependent Origination is the teaching (that life) is not the mere play of blind chance, but has an existence that is dependent upon conditions. That, precisely with the removal of these conditions, those things that have arisen in dependence upon them-thus also all suffering-must perforce disappear and cease to be."
"There is a disease to which plays as well as men become liable with advancing years. In men it is called doting, in plays dating.The more topical the play the more it dates."
"I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life."
"Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays."
"Erotic play discloses a nameless world which is revealed by the nocturnal language of lovers. Such language is not written down. It is whispered into the ear at night in a hoarse voice. At dawn it is forgotten."
"When Nicklaus plays wells well, he wins. When he plays badly, he finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third."
"Don't do anything that isn't play"
"I'm Johnny Christ, and I play the tambourine."
"You learn to see by practice. It's Just like playing tennis, you get better the more you play. The more you look around at things, the more you see. The more you photograph, the more you realize what can be photographed and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it."
"Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins."
"When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and Error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
"I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I feel comfortable existing in the industry."
"You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela."
"I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night."
"They are enlightened who join in this play knowing it as play, for people suffer only because they take as serious what the gods made for fun."
"When the number of factors coming into play in a phenomenological complex is too large scientific method in most cases fails. One need only think of the weather, in which case the prediction even for a few days ahead is impossible. Nevertheless, no one doubts that we are confronted with a causal connection whose causal components are in the main known to us. Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature."
"I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get the whole spectrum of tones out of it. Since I normally play so hard, when I start picking a bit softer my tone changes completely, and that's really useful sometimes for creating a more laid-back feel."
"When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war"
"But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play."
"Id like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis."
