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“When it comes to betting on yourself... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.”

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Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.

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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

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Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go…

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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.

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There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater…

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“Winning is never about luck alone — it's about timing, patience, and trusting the game.”

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Can you make fancy patterns of water that actually have some computation power? I'm betting that fluids are complex enough to do this.

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I hope that my 'Jeopardy' run helps destigmatize sports betting because I have certainly dealt with some stigmas.

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In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.

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