"From a rational standpoint, it might be expected that man should be far more willing to express financial confidence in his skills rather than risking his earnings on the mindless meanderings of chance. Experience, however, has strongly indicated the reverse proposition to hold true."

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Source : "The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic". Book by Richard Arnold Epstein, 1977.

Richard Arnold Epstein

#Men Quotes #Skills Quotes #Might Quotes

“Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.”
“All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.”
“If Allah has written for you happiness, no one can steal that from you, and if He has written for your heart to break, then no-one can mend it but He, so always put your trust in Allah.”
“It is believed by experienced doctors that the heat which oozes out of the hand, on being applied to the sick, is highly salutary. It has often appeared, while I have been soothing my patients, as if there was a singular property in my hands to pull and draw away from the affected parts aches and diverse impurities, by laying my hand upon the place, and extending my fingers toward it. Thus it is known to some of the learned that health may be implanted in the sick by certain gestures, and by contact, as some diseases may be communicated from one to another.”
“Im more keen on the person Im involved with showing me his commitment rather than going through a marriage to display commitment to the world.”
“I am dying with the help of too many physicians.”
“I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio.”

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“Sometimes you just feel like you could work forever on something and never know when it's done.”

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