"When you make a bet, you're saying something." — Al Alvarez
"When you make a bet, you're saying something."
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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 Bet Quotes
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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a…
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It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer…
— Samuel Butler
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I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place. Any God worth "believing in" would surely prefer an…
— Alan Dershowitz
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You bet I did and I enjoyed it.
— Michael Bloomberg
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Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag,…
— Dave Marr
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When you can show concern about what matters to your customer, that's Business to Customer Loyalty, and you can bet…
— Albert Houtum-Schindler
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Never bet on baseball.
— Pete Rose
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I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tear us apart.
— Drake
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I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even…
— Maya Angelou
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I BET WHEN NEANDERTHAL KIDS would make a snowman, someone would always end up saying, "Don't forget the thick heavy…
— Jack Handey
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It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry. If they want to be successful, they need to…
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