"I could think of worse ways of going……" — Al Alvarez
"I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table."
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20 Quotes by Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez has 20 quotes on this site.
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When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself.…
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Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary…
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Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.
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I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.
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To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be…
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Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of…
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The better the artist, the more vulnerable he seems to be.
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The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money.
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Divorce transforms habit into drama.
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Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they…
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I'm good at reading people.
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I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.
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More Poker Quotes
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one of 114 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Well, capitalism is going to grow and grow. The nature of it is that the guy who has the most…
— Simon Baker
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I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to…
— Antonio Banderas
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Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around…
— Samantha Bee
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The best part about poker is there's no down side.
— Samantha Bee
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When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot.
— Drew Carey
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I'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and…
— Tori Amos
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As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would…
— Matt Damon
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I can't lie... My face always gives me away. I'm also pathetically bad at poker!
— Cat Deeley
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At my first tournament, about four years ago, I got four twos. Now I have a poker problem. I do…
— Cheryl Hines
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Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie…
— Cheryl Hines
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Every poker player is smarter than me.
— Penn Jillette
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