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«One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.»
Author: Damon Runyon
(Journalist, Writer)
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«People who come up with It may not work or What are we going to do if it fails? do not have the credentials to be businessmen. If there is only a 1 percent chance of success, a true businessperson sees that 1 percent as the spark to light a fire.»
«Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.»
«Lux and I have always been reckless and sought out thrills, taken risks, probably blown our minds in certain pursuits. It's only from living this way that we come up with this stuff.»
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«I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.»
«I don't know where they (tabloids) come up with these things. One week, they have me going out with him, and the next week, they have me going out with someone else. Some times I think to myself, 'People must think that I am the biggest whore in town'. But you have to laugh at it otherwise it would tear you down.»
