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"I wonder if a horse-shoe stuck in your butt is something you can look up on WebMD...."



Norman Chad (referencing squabble when Scotty Nguyen tells Michael DiMichele that he has a horseshoe up his butt)

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"If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability."


-------------Vannevar Bush, architect of the Internet

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"I believe in poker the way I believe in the American Dream. Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens the intellect, heals the spirit, and - when played well, nourishes the wallet."


---------------Anonymous

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"Your first duty is to the Game; then come Mother, God, and Country."


-------------Anonymous, Motto at the National Press Club, Washington DC

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"In a game of poker, I can put the players' souls in my pocket."


------------Beausourire, Haitian Poker Player

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"Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression: If you cards are good enough for your to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with."


-------------Alfred Alvarez (2001)

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"A faint heart never filled a spade flush."

---------------Anonymous

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"Serious poker is no more about gambling than rock climbing is about taking risks."

---------------Alfred Alvarez

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Dear Lord, help me to break even. I need the money.

-------------Anonymous

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"Industry executives and analysts often mistakenly talk about strategy as if it were some kind of chess match. But in chess, you have just two opponents, each with identical resources, and with luck playing a minimal role. The real world is much more like a poker game, with multiple players trying to make the best of whatever hand fortune has dealt them. In our industry, Bill Gates owns the poker table until someone proves otherwise."


-------------David Moschella

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"Life is too long to play bad cards."

------------Frank Di Elsi

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"The game exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great."


-------------Walter Matthau

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"Poker is the only game for a grown man. Then, your hand is against every man's, and evern man's hand is against yours. Teamwork? Who ever made a fortune by teamwork?"

-------------Somerset Maugham

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"Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags."


-------------David Mamet

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"Sometimes you'll miss a bet, sure, but it's OK to miss a bet. Poker is an art form, of course, but sometimes you have to sacrifice art in favour of making a profit."

------------Mike Caro

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"All I know is, if the cards ever break even — I’m screwed."


------------Rich Korbin

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"Is you in or is you out?"

------------Louis Gossett, Jr from the movie "ALL IN"

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Mae West: "Is poker a game of chance?"

W.C. Fields: "Not the way I play it. — My Little Chickadee"

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"......that's poker and just because you have pains, you don't have to be one."

Doyle Brunson in his blog after talking about losing some big pots

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"Who are we waiting on?"



--------------Everyone that plays in a game with the Turlinator

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"Once you start thinking you have nothing left to learn, you have everything to learn."

------------Steve Badget