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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
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By Edwin Lefevre
| Quote: | | I was only twenty when I first accumulated ten thousand dollars in cash. And you ought to have heard my mother. You'd have thought that ten thousand dollars in cash was more money than anybody carried around except old John D., and she used to tell me to be satisfied and go into some regular business. I had a hard time convincing her that I was not gambling, but making money figuring. But all she could see was that ten thousand dollars was a lot of money and all I could see was more margin. (-- p. 17) |
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The Perfect Husband
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| Quote: | Franz: Milan, do you like hunting?
Milan (who is in love with Franz's wife): Depends on what the game is.
Franz: Well, I'm not sure we'll be able to offer you big game.
Milan: There is no such thing as small game if it involves risk.
Franz: It's agreed then. You'll join us tomorrow.
(Later in the midst of the grey and wintry Czech woods)
Milan: I think people make the best game.
Franz: It's true. A good aim is not all it takes to be a good duellist. |
A Spanish, Argentinian, Czech corset drama featuring an unexpectedly compelling Tim Roth.
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Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
Hardcover
By Harold Bloom
| Quote: | As his eloquence attains a higher pitch, Koheleth redefines wisdom literature for us:
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. (From The Hebrews: Job and Ecclesiastes at p. 26) |
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Dancing in the Wind
Poetry and Art of the British Isles
Hardcover
By Charles Sullivan
| Quote: | One-and-Twenty
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Long expected one-and-twenty,
ling'ring year, at length is flow:
pride and pleasure, pomp and plenty,
Great ******, are now your own.
Loosen'd from the minor's tether,
free to mortgage or to sell,
wild as wind, and light as feather,
bid the sons of thrift farewell.
Call the Betsies, Kates, and Jennies,
all the names that banish care;
lavish all your grandsire's guineaus,
show the spirit of an heir.
All that prey on vice and folly
joy to see their quarry fly:
there the gamester, light and jolly,
there the lender, grave and sly.
Wealth, my lad, was made to wander,
let it wander as it will;
call the jockey, call the pander,
bid them come and take their fill.
When the bonny blade carouses,
pockets full, and spirits high --
What are acres? What are houses?
Only dirt, or wet or dry.
Should the guardian friend or mother
tell the woes of wilful waste,
scorn their counsel, scorn their pother; --
you can hang or drown at last!
(-- p. 42) |
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Angels, Mobsters & Narco-Terrorists
The Rising Menace of Global Criminal Empires
Hardcover
By Antonio Nicaso and Lee Lamothe
| Quote: | ...The rules of the vory v zakone include the following:
. A vor must support another vor in any and all circumstances.
. A vor can only live on what he has stolen or conned from a "citizen" or has won while gambling.
. A vor lives above and beyond the rules of State law.
. A vor must never serve in the armed forces.
. A vor must never defend himself in court, if charged with a crime of which he is innocent.
. A vor must take from other prisoners while in custody.
. A vor must agitate against the State while in custody; whenever he can he should exploit the weaknesses of his captors.
. A vor must find and train new young criminals and, if they're suitable, arrange for their acceptance into the underworld.
. A vor must find and train new young criminals and, if they're suitable, arrange for their acceptance into the underworld.
. A vor must never marry before the State; semi-permanent relationships are permitted; and a marriage involving a vor is akin to a master-slave relationship.
. A vor must donate money from his activities to an obshchak, a fund for the assistance of the other Thieves.
. A vor mustn't gamble more than he has; all gambling debts must be settled. (Vory V Zakone at p. 138) |
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Secrets of the World's Richest Investors
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By Adrian Day
| Quote: | | You do not have to spend your life reading the fine print or 'risk' your money in order to make money. I don't mean that there is never any danger to your assets. But making money doesn't have to be a gamble. (-- p. 51) |
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Forbes
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The Globe and Mail
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Obituaries Dec. 28/05
Kerry Packer, Media Baron and Gambler 1937-2005
Australia's richest man owned newspapers, television stations, casinos, enormous cattle farms and vast amounts of real estate. A legendary betting man, he was also a cricket fanatic and polo player
| Quote: | Mr. Packer was a celebrated high roller at the gaming tables. In a recent book about international big bettors, he was described as the Prince of Whales. One news report said he once won $27-million during a 40-minute spree in Las Vegas. By all accounts, he had cleared a blackjack area and bet more than $325,000 on each hand. Reports of huge losses in the tens of millions surfaced from time to time, but he either refused to comment on them or brushed them off.
"My father was a gambler. Every man who ever created anything was a gambler," he once said. "I am also but there's a difference...I've never risked the lot. I've never risked anything that's going to put [my businesses] at risk." (-- p. S8) |
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The Mayor of MacDougal Street
A Memoir
Hardcover
By Dave Van Ronk with Elijah Wald
| Quote: | | ...Now, the great advantage of seafaring as a profession is that if you steer clear of the poker tables or if you're lucky at cards, you accumulate lots of cash. I have always had the card luck of Wild Bill Hickok, so in self-defense I started up a small blackjack game in the crew mess room -- the point being that if you play by Las Vegas rules and have enough capital to ride out the occasional bad night, the dealer simply cannot lose. On the home journey, I made out like a bandit, and I paid off a Panamanian donkey-man for $20 while trundling through the Canal. In short, I was loaded for bear. (-- p. 52) |
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Hot Water
The Autograph Edition
Hardcover
By P.G. Wodehouse
| Quote: | "But I thought you modern novelists were such devils with the beazels."
Another point struck him.
"What are you doing here, anyway? Your place is by her side."
"She sent me to get some cigarettes and a bottle of wine. She says she's thirsty."
"Is there wine in this house?" asked Packy, interested. "I haven't seen any."
"It's locked up. But the butler can get at it."
"My gosh, how I am going to cultivate that butler! This is worth knowing."
He returned to the point of issue.
"Cigarettes? Wine? Why, this looks great. It's the old Omar Khayyam stuff. You must have been going better than you thought. You're probably one of those fellows who don't say much but do it all with the eyes. I shouldn't worry about not being able to think of things to say. Just continue swinging that alluring eyeball of yours and you can't lose. (-- p. 169) |
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Tales From the Drones Club
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By P.G. Wodehouse
| Quote: | 'A bit complex, all this, isn't it?' he said. 'Hardly the sort of stuff, I mean, to spring on personal friends who were up a trifle late last night.'
'It isn't really,' the Crumpet assured him. 'Not when you know the facts. The way old Freddie told me the story it was a limpid as dammit. And what he thinks - and what I think, too, - is that it just shows what toys we are in the hands of Fate, if you know what I mean. I mean to say, it's no good worrying and trying to look ahead and plan and scheme and weigh your every action, if you follow me, because you never can tell when doing such-and-such won't make so-and-so happen - while, on the other hand, if you do so-and-so it may just as easily lead to such and such.' (From Fate at p. 8) |
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The Narrow Corner
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By W. Somerset Maugham
| Quote: | 'Shall I tell you something?'
'Not if you don't want to.'
'Oh, not about myself. I don't talk much about myself. I think there's no harm in a doctor being a trifle mysterious. It adds to his patients' belief in him. I was going to give a reflection based on experience. When some incident has shattered the career you've mapped out for yourself, a folly, a crime or a misfortune, you mustn't think you're down and out. It may be a stroke of luck, and when you look back years after you may say to yourself that you wouldn't for anything the world exchange the new life disaster haas forced upon you for the dull, humdrum existence you would have led if circumstances hadn't intervened.' (-- p. 95) |
| Quote: | ...We play cribbage all the time, fancies himself at the game. I always beat him, and he will go on.'
'He tells me you've been very lucky.'
'Lucky in love, unlucky at cards, they say. I've played cards all my life. I've got a knack for it. That's one of the reasons why I went in for being an accountant. I've got that sort of head. It's not luck. You have luck in streaks. I know about cards, and in the long run it's always the follow who plays best who wins. Nichols thinks he's smart. He hasn't got a dog's chance playing with me.' (-- p. 97) |
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A Few Quick Ones
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By P.G. Wodehouse
| Quote: | | Now, though at the moment when he made this fine gesture Bingo actually had ten quid in his possession, having touched Purkiss for an advance on his salary, one would have expected him, thinking things over in the cold grey light of the morning after, to kick himself soundly for having been such an ass as to utter those unguarded words, committing him as they did to a course of conduct which would strip him of his last bean. But such was not the case. Still mellowed by a father's love, all he thought next day was that as a gift to a superchild like Algernon Aubrey a tenner was a bit on the cheeseparing side. Surely twenty would be far more suitable. And he could pick that up by slapping his ten on Potato in the two-thirty at Haydock Park. At dinner on the previous night he had burned his mouth by placing in it a fried spud about ninety degrees Fahrenheit warmer than he had supposed it to be, and he is always far too inclined to accept omens like this as stable information. He made the investment, accordingly, and at two-forty-five was informed by the club tape that he was now penniless. (From The Word in Season at pgs. 92-93) |
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The Narrow Corner
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By W. Somerset Maugham
| Quote: | Dr. Saunders thought the young man was talking nonsense, but he felt no inclination to argue with him. It was getting late and his own concerns called him. He finished his drink.
'I have never had any sympathy with the ascetic attitude. The wise man combines the pleasures of the senses and the pleasures of the spirit in such a way as to increase the satisfaction he gets from both. The most valuable thing I have learnt from life is to regret nothing. Life is short, nature is hostile, and man is ridiculous; but oddly enough most misfortunes have their compensations and with a certain humour and a good deal of horse-sense one can make a fairly good job of what is after all a matter of very small consequence.'
With that he got up and left. (-- p. 164) |
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The Essential Bob Dylan
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| Quote: | Things Have Changed
A worried man with a worried mind
No one in front of me and nothing behind
There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne
Got white skin, got assassin's eyes
I'm looking up into the sapphire tinted skies
I'm well dressed, waiting on the last train
Bridge #1:
Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose
Any minute now I'm expecting all hell to break loose
Chorus
People are crazy and times are strange
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
I used to care, but things have changed
This place ain't doing me any good
I'm in the wrong town, I should be in Hollywood
Just for a second there I thought I saw something move
Gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag
Ain't no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag
Only a fool in here would think he's got anything to prove
Bridge #2
Lot of water under the bridge, Lot of other stuff too
Don't get up gentlemen, I'm only passing through
(chorus)
I've been walking forty miles of bad road
If the bible is right, the world will explode
I've been trying to get as far away from myself as I can
Some things are too hot to touch
The human mind can only stand so much
You can't win with a losing hand
Bridge #3
Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet
Putting her in a wheel barrow and wheeling her down the street
(chorus)
I hurt easy, I just don't show it
You can hurt someone and not even know it
The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity
Gonna get low down, gonna fly high
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
I'm in love with a woman who don't even appeal to me
Bridge #4
Mr. Jinx and Miss Lucy, they jumped in the lake
I'm not that eager to make a mistake
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How can anybody write this much good music this long? One more of our incessant nods to Bob.
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Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier
Canada's star female poker player
Interviewed on CBC Radio One's Sounds Like Canada
July 20/06
| Quote: | Thursday, July 20, 2006, 10:00 a.m. 20/07/2006
Meet Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier, a professional poker player from Victoriaville Quebec who ranks 12th amongst female players in the world. As though that’s not exciting enough, she’s about to appear in a film with Burt Reynolds, and she’s Jian Ghomeshi’s guest on Sounds Like Canada...She is currently taking part in the Poker World Series in Las Vegas (June 26- Aug. 10/06), and spoke to Jian via telephone from there. (From cbc.ca Program Guide for July 20/06) |
And she's also a lawyer? Yes, although she walked out of the firm where she did her practicum about 15 minutes after qualifying, according to the interview, Isabelle is qualified to practise law in Quebec, which unlike the rest of the country, is governed by a civil code.
Isabelle's advice to players thinking of going pro: Practise and improve your game at Internet poker sites.
More Famous Women Gamblers.
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