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> [None of us have any control over the deck or the hand we've been dealt. What we do have is total responibility as to how we play the hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-alten/none-of-us-have-any-control-over-the-deck-or-the-hand-we-ve-been/)

[Steve Alten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-alten/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/steve-alten-38990_deck_none-of-us-have-any-control-over-the-dec_19919.png)

> [Donald Trump is sitting on the control deck of the starship Enterprise, and he can push a lot of pretty buttons, but those buttons aren't connected to anything. And so nothing is happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/donald-trump-is-sitting-on-the-control-deck-of-the-starship/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/david-brooks-644_business_donald-trump-is-sitting-on-the-control-d_2604734.png)

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