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The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only p...

True love is not a hide and seek game: in true love, both lovers seek each other.

Play Definition

(n.) To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

(n.) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.

(n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.

(n.) To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute.

(n.) To act; to behave; to practice deception.

(n.) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays.

(n.) To move gayly; to wanton; to disport.

(n.) To act on the stage; to personate a character.

(v. t.) To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump.

(v. t.) To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.

(v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin.

(v. t.) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks.

(v. t.) To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman.

(v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.

(v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.

(n.) Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.

(n.) Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.

(n.) The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.

(n.) Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.

(n.) A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.

(n.) The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.

(n.) Performance on an instrument of music.

(n.) Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.

(n.) Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.

In my heaven sweet melodies of the skies ripple pool of the sea playing sweet song to me, sharing tales of the past, blending with mine as mirage, painting new...I breathe in, am in love and alive...

The best cure for a stick up your butt is a dog to play fetch with.

It is growing cold. Winter is putting footsteps in the meadow. What whiteness boasts that sun that comes into this wood! One would say milk-colored maidens are dancing on the petals of orchids. How co...

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

The bowler approached the wicket at a lope, a trot, and then a run. He suddenly exploded in a flurry of arms and legs, out of which flew a ball.

But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on"...

Just because you feel lost doesn't mean that you're doing something wrong. Feeling certain that you are correct in every decision and situation is an addiction. If you think that the journey of self-d...

It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.

Whenever a homeless person speaks to me in the USA, I always assume that I am speaking to a police officer and play along with the suspected charade.

The only real difficulty with becoming disciplined is when you buy into the notion that happiness comes at the price of sacrifice. The reality is this: Discipline becomes freedom when you are doing wh...

I am a playwright who does not write comedies, or tragedies.

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.

The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way. (Pause.) I love to get up and move about in it, then back here to... (hesita...

It is already clear that, because of advances in technology, drones are going to play an increased role in warfare in the years ahead. It is therefore vital that the legal frameworks governing their u...

Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it as with a ball.

I just love to play and I get a chance to play with other musicians and I jump on it.

Will you let me go for Christ's sake? Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?