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Henry Miller Novelist, Essayist

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"Great God! What have I turned into? What right have you people to clutter up my life, steal my time, probe my soul, suckle my thoughts, have me for your companion, confidant, and information bureau? What do you take me for? Am I an entertainer on salary, required every evening to play an intellectual farce under your stupid noses? Am I a slave, bought and paid for, to crawl on my belly in front of you idlers and lay at your feet all that I do and all that I know?"

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Lester Bowie Musician, Trumpeter

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"Many times you never know what's going to happen. You'll play songs that you never thought you were going to play."

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poet, Educator

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"Work is my recreation, The play of faculty; a delight like that Which a bird feels in flying, or a fish In darting through the water,--Nothing more."

Play Water Work

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Friedrich Schiller Playwright, Poet

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"It is play and only play that makes man complete."

Men Play

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist

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"The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all."

Men Life Play

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Lin Yutang Writer

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"Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason."

Play Reason Characteristics

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Jeremy Davis Musician

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"Hey, I'm Jeremy, and I play the baahhhssss."

Play Hey

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Jeremy Lin Professional Basketball Player

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"I just try to play as hard as I can every possession. If you're aware and you're high-energy, the ball will eventually bounce your way and you'll be able to make plays."

Trying Play Energy

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Jeremy Lin Professional Basketball Player

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"I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win."

Play Winning Team

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Jerry Garcia Musician

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"I recognize that as a musician there is a certain chauvinism attached to it, which is the thing of, "I spent my time learning how to play. You didn't spend time learning how to play, therefore, you are not a musician.""

Play Musician Certain

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Jim Lee Comic Book Artist

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"Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games."

People Play Games

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Jimy Williams Musician

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"When I was a kid, I used to play marbles. I know some of you think I've lost mine."

Thinking Play Kids

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John Green Author, YouTuber

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"I will play out the string. I will not betray your trust. I will find you."

Play Strings Betray

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John Wayne Actor, Director

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"I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I've been doing okay, haven't I?"

Character Play Wayne

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Josh Freeman Football Player

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"As far as escaping and making plays, I have a lot of faith in our line."

Play Lines Escaping

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Mart Crowley Playwright

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"I had no agenda in writing this play except expressing myself. . . . It later occurred to me that I was not only announcing things to my family; I was announcing it to the world. Of course, if the play had been a flop, only my family would have known."

Writing Play Agendas

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author

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"The time at length arrives, when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished."

Play May Grief

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Mayer Hawthorne Singer-songwriter, Producer

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"Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those."

Play Keys Guitar

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Meryl Streep Actress, Producer

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"Probably we should let Hillary [Clinton] play the role she was destined to play all by herself first."

Play Firsts Roles

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Michael Emerson Actor

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"I really do think that every time you play a role well, you are in danger of being identified with that role until the next big thing comes along."

Thinking Play Roles

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