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"It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music"

"But I think there's a genuine joy, too, a sense that no matter what, even if my stomach's growling, I'm going to dance. That's what I want to leave people with at the end of the play. After all this, people still know how to live"

Jessica Hagedorn, Playwright

"I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"I happen to love working in cinema, but the theater is always there... you know, and I would never shut the door on it. Even though it's been quite a bit of time since I've done a play, last one was in New York"

Michael York, Actor

"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"

Buddy Rich, Musician

"After some time, with my eyes closed, I began to enjoy this wonderful play of colors and forms, which it really was a pleasure to observe. Then I went to sleep and the next day I was fine. I felt quite fresh, like a newborn"

Albert Hofmann, Scientist

"When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do"

Jimi Hendrix, Musician

"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel"

Jimi Hendrix, Musician

"When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears"

Jimi Hendrix, Musician

"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

"If music be the food of love, play on"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

"Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play"

Eric Hoffer, Writer

"Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel"

Voltaire, Writer

"Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game"

Voltaire, Writer

"With foxes we must play the fox"

Thomas Fuller, Clergyman

"I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life"

Willie Mays, Athlete

"The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"God does not play dice"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was"

Willie Mays, Athlete

"I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play"

Willie Mays, Athlete

"Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was"

Willie Mays, Athlete

"A play visibly represents pure existing"

Thornton Wilder, Writer

"Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story"

Casey Stengel, Athlete

"If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms"

Mike Ditka, Coach

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"The mind cannot long play the heart's role"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer

"By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"For the last six years I was struggling and it was difficult sometimes. I had to miss some training sessions but I am really happy because it's done and it is really good for me. I learned how to play with it, and now maybe I will have to change my game again"

Didier Drogba, Athlete

"Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less"

Klaus Schulze, Composer

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation"

Plato, Philosopher

"Life must be lived as play"

Plato, Philosopher

"I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life"

Jean Giraudoux, Dramatist

"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right"

Brad Pitt, Actor

"I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate"

Garry Shandling, Comedian

"The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time"

Marilyn vos Savant, Writer

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