#games

Just about every player on tour has a bad back. It's just one of those games that does mess you up a little bit. You've got to keep looking after it. ↗

— Retief Goosen

#after #back #bad #bad back #bit

I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#aunt #day #games #give #had

What that means initially is that you have alot of products that are only slightly better games in the same genre on another machine - and the titles that really take advantage of the machine come along later. ↗

— Trip Hawkins

#along #alot #another #better #come

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing them. ↗

— Keith Henson

#games #insight #into #killing #least

I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day. ↗

— George Herman

#every #everyday #fourth #games #i

The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I dodged games for two complete years and was well through the third year before they discovered that I had completely avoided all games. ↗

— John Hume

#achievement #achievements #avoided #before #complete

Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distress. "Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say. "It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?" he asks. "Just avoid mirrors. You'll forget about it," I say. "Not if I keep looking at you," he says. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#finnick #hunger-games #katniss #mirror #pretty

And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-everdeen #love #peeta-mellark #smile #suzanne-collins

Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,” he says. “You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down. “It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-and-peeta #katniss-everdeen #love #peeta-mellark #romance

Videogames are a little more work and they're a little more stilted. ↗

— Carlos Alazraqui

#more #videogames #work