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"I knew a guy who had $5 million and owned his house free and clear. But he wanted to make a bit more money to support his spending, so at the peak of the internet bubble he was selling puts on internet stocks. He lost all of his money and his house and now works in a restaurant. It's not a smart thing for the country to legalize gambling [in the stock market] and make it very accessible."
"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."
"I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand."
"Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame."
"It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it."
"It is lost at dice, what ancient honor won."
"Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of the worm and not of the will."
"Mr.Blank's reputation as a card shark had preceded him. No one accused him of being dishonest, but on the other hand no one accused him of being honest."
"It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice."
"Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for."
"I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people - being always excited."
"I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride."
"No horse can go as fast as the money you put on it."
"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."
"Almost all life depends on probabilities."
"A sure thing is no fun."
"If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow, and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow. A sure thing is no fun."
"Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do."
"Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it."
"Keep flax from fire, and youth from gaming."
