David Sklansky quotes
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“When we play, we must realize, before anything else, that we are out to make money.”
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“Put yourself in their shoes before you decide on the best way to take their shirts.”
-- David SklanskySource : David Sklansky (1997). “Getting the Best of It”, p.140, Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
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“Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would have played it if you could see all your opponents' cards, they gain; and every time you play your hand the same way you would have played it if you could see all their cards, they lose. Conversely, every time opponents play their hands differently from the way they would have if they could see all your cards, you gain; and every time they play their hands the same way they would have played if they could see all your cards, you lose.”
-- David SklanskySource : "The Theory of Poker". Book by David Sklansky, www.businessinsider.com. 1999.
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“Anytime you make a bet with the best of it, where the odds are in your favor, you have earned something on that bet, whether you actually win or lose the bet. By the same token when you make a bet with the worst of it, where the odds are not in your favor, you have lost something, whether you actually win or lose the bet.”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics
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“You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.”
Source : Adam Braun (2014). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.160, Simon and Schuster
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“We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.”
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“Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.”
Source : "Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins'" by Andrew Purcell, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2010.
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“I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.”
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“I am not a commercial industry creator. I don't believe in making art to make money.”
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“I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can.”
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