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• There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

  Winston Churchill

  Adversity, Issues, Doubt

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• Where I'm from, life's a gamble, grab the dice/'Fore I leave, pray to God, then I grab my Nikes

  Fashawn

  Nike, Dice, Praying

  Song: Sunny California

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• Like apples in a barrel infected by one rotten one, the corruption of Greece would infect Iran and all to the east. It would also carry infection to Africa through Asia Minor and Egypt, and to Europe through Italy and France, already threatened by the strongest domestic Communist parties in Western Europe. The Soviet Union was playing one of the greatest gambles in history at minimal cost. It did not need to will all the possibilities. Even one or two offered immense gains. We and we alone were in a position to break up the play.

  Dean Acheson

  War, Party, Two

  "Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department". Book by Dean Acheson, 1969.

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• That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

  Joe Mantegna

  Play, Cracks, Cards

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• Be reckless enough to gamble all or nothing to follow your dreams

  John Galliano

  Dream, Enough, Reckless

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• To put money into anything, anywhere, provided that the downside is measurable and acceptable and the chances of a good profit appear to be better than 50%. I will not take gambles, but it is part of my job description to be ready to take very carefully calculated risks.

  Peter Cundill

  Jobs, Risk, Chance

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• Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right-of-way--insist on it. They swerve away at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forwards, no time for a victory grin, already engaging in another contest of will. Saigon traffic is Vietnamese life, a continuous charade of posturing, bluffing, fast moves, tenacity and surrenders.

  Andrew X. Pham

  Party, Moving, Fighting

  Andrew X. Pham (2010). “Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam”, p.75, Macmillan

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• I look at the occasion, and this was one of the biggest so far in my career. It was a bit of a gamble, but I spotted Casillas off his line before the cross came in. It was a header, but a lobbed header -- a great goal.

  Robin van Persie

  Careers, Goal, Looks

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• Any attempt to shape the world and modify human personality in order to create a self-chosen pattern of life involves many unknown consequences. Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back. The multiplicity of determinants which affect biological systems limits the power of the experimental method to predict their trends and behavior.

  Rene Dubos

  Destiny, Self, Order

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• The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it's taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to casinos to gamble. The growth continues and they have basically western managers and western accounting, so we trust the numbers a little bit more.

  James Chanos

  Numbers, Chinese, Growth

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• Democrats, overpaid celebrities, the mainstream media that are so lazy, they are willing to endanger your lives, gamble with your life to try and score cheap political points!

  Sean Hannity

  Media, Political, Lazy

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• It is about something personal and specific, because when the John McCain campaign in 2008 decided to elevate Sarah Palin from total obscurity to make her his vice presidential running mate, they knew they were making a big strategic gamble.They knew they were taking a big risk and it turned out in the end to be a bad choice. It hurt John McCain`s chances.

  Rachel Maddow

  Running, Hurt, Choices

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Tommy's [Gamble] an East Coast guy, so he kind of talks fast and in quick statements and phrases, so I understood him and he understood me, and we just hit it off.

  Chip Kelly

  Guy, East, Phrases

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• [Entrepreneurship] is by no means hunch or gamble. But it also is not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment.

  Peter Drucker

  Mean, Judgment, Entrepreneurship

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, p.228, Routledge

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• I should think that people would be more interested in politics and all that is happening, rather than two lovebirds who are looking to wed. I think it's very nice that in an age when love is so scarce that people are willing to gamble on getting married.

  Yoko Ono

  Nice, Gay, Love Is

  "Yoko Ono takes gay marriage fight to clubs". www.today.com. July 9, 2004.

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• If a guy hasn't got any gamble in him- he isn't worth a crap.

  Evel Knievel

  Guy, Crap, Ifs

  "Evel Knievel: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. November 30, 2007.

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• I mean, what do you do in Las Vegas? You gamble - and you go to strip clubs.

  Scott Caan

  Mean, Vegas, Gambling

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• Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Sacrifice, Gamer, Plunge

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• Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land.

  Daniel Inouye

  Land, Gambling, Risk

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• I think its really matured a lot. I like the fact that there is now more to do there than gamble, since I don't do a lot of that. The people are great. I seldom have time for vacations and when I do I prefer the beach instead of the desert.

  Doug Davidson

  Beach, Thinking, Vacation

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• The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family.

  Wilford Brimley

  People, May, Want

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• We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years.

  Grace Napolitano

  Past, Years, Gamer

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• For people who have for been putting their hard-earned money into the system for years, the president's idea would replace their safety net with a risky gamble with no assurance of a stable return of investment.

  Grace Napolitano

  Years, Ideas, People

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• The rulers of the country generally believed that betting eliminates strikes. Men had to work in order to gamble.

  Michael Ondaatje

  Country, Men, Gambling

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• I gamble with one foot pointed toward the door.

  Frank Scoblete

  Gambling, Doors, Feet

  Frank Scoblete (2010). “Cutting Edge Craps: Advanced Strategies for Serious Players”, p.16, Triumph Books

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