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Stephen King Author
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"Forced to define 'irrational subconscious,' I would say that it is a small padded room inside all of us, where the only furnishing is a small card table, and the only thing on the card table is a revolver loaded with flexible bullets."

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Steve Martin Comedian, Actor, Writer
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"I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did magic tricks, cards tricks and I played the banjo."

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Rumer Willis Actress
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"Look, nobody is ever exactly the same as anybody else. You're handed the cards you are for a particular reason, so you follow that path and see where it takes you."

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Steven Morrissey Singer-Songwriter
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"But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards with the mentally ill. I want to live and I want to love. I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of."

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
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"I was no fool; I was aware that when another man is too anxious to force money on one, it is time to examine the cards, for there is almost certainly something illegal, or dangerous, or both, involved in the matter."

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J. D. Salinger Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"The cards are stacked (quite properly, I imagine) against all professional aesthetes, and no doubt we all deserve the dark, wordy, academic deaths we all sooner or later die."

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Neil Gaiman Author
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"You play your cards so close to your chest," said Shadow, "that I'm not even sure they're really cards at all."

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Keith Fullerton Whitman Musician, Producer
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"I use a laptop more as a tool, as sort of the central artery. Everything goes through the digital audio card of my computer, but if I had my druthers I'd do everything in dedicated hardware."

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
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"Before the cards that one is dealt by life are the cards that fate has dealt: one's family."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy."

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter
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"Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild he'll never need to deal another. He was just some Joseph looking for a manger."

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John Oliver Comedian
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"I have a green card now, but they can take that away, yeah, they can take that away at any moment. So please don't; please let me keep it."

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Hill Harper Actor, Author
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"If you have a debt issue or credit card issue, start dealing with it. If you have a tax issue, don't just say, 'I'm not going to file.' There are ways to deal with these things, but you must communicate with your creditors, whether it's a credit card company or tax department."

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