Gaming was "one of the only times when you only have to focus on one thing." But even more than that, "It's like an anchor. As long as I know it's there, it's part of me. It's some form of continuity that in my life I desperately need.
The human brain takes in information from other people and incorporates it with the information coming from its own senses, neuroscientist Gregory Berns has written. Many times, the group's opinion trumps the individual's before he even becomes aware...
Being indie means being artistic and finding your own eccentric identity. The name of the game for being an indie kid is to never admit you are one. If you do, it goes against your beliefs against labeling, thus making you a hypocrite.
Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.
Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.
I love doing research. I'm a film-school geek.
I just love music gear, I'm a total geek all around.
I am a longtime fan of 'Freaks and Geeks'.
I think everyone's a geek in some way.
I'm a bit of a tech geek myself.
The geek of the Earth are a tribe and they are mighty.
Cutest geek i ever saw.
Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.
The geeks shall inherit the earth - I've always said that.
Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day.
I'm hardly the sexiest man in the world. I'm a bit of a geek.
I loved 'Freaks and Geeks.' I don't know a better show.
I was president of the show choir, I was kind of a geek, whatever.
I've dated jerks, so why not geeks?
I span the entire geek spectrum.
I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything.