"The French philosopher Pierre-Hyacinthe AzaÃ¯s (1766-1845) formalized the statement that good and evil fortune are exactly balanced in that they produce for each person an equivalent result."

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

Richard Arnold Epstein

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“The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States.”
“Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life.”
“The word infrastructure means nothing to the majority of people of America. We have to come up with a sexier word than infrastructure. So the key thing is that you have to go out and promote and market this the right way like with everything in policy.”
“I think a person permeates a spot, and a lost presence makes the environment timeless to me, keeps an area alive. It pulsates because of that.”
“When we are at the worst times of our lives, when we are battling with something, or struggles, whatever it may be, when we are at our highest point as well, when things are going really well, we want somebody to comfort us and be there for us and to say, 'Well done.' That's Jesus!”
“If someone says they shouldn't have to follow regulations because they're making food in their home, I'd say, 'Why is your home so safe that it doesn't need that level of oversight and control?'”
“Down through the years my face has been called a sour puss, a dead pan, a frozen face, The Great Stone Face, and, believe it or not, "a tragic mask." On the other hand that kindly critic, the late James Agee, described my face as ranking "almost with Lincoln's as an early American archetype, it was haunting, handsome, almost beautiful." I can't imagine what the great rail splitter's reaction would have been to this, though I sure was pleased.”

Source : "My Wonderful World Of Slapstick".
“The Ideal Consumer is someone who is constantly dissatisfies, constanly needs more and more products in order to feel better.”

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