"Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the most respectable circles."

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Source : Peter L. Bernstein (2012). “Peter L. Bernstein Classics Collection: Capital Ideas, Against the Gods, The Power of Gold and Capital Ideas Evolving”, p.321, John Wiley & Sons

Peter L. Bernstein

#Circles Quotes #Gambling Quotes #Dregs Quotes

“The training one receives when one becomes a technician, like a data scientist - we get trained in mathematics or computer science or statistics - is entirely separated from a discussion of ethics.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market.”
“Nothing is ever for sure, but when something in love doesn't work from the beginning, it's never going to work. Don't push it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The struggle for socialism is the struggle for proletarian (working class) democracy. Proletarian democracy is not the crown of socialism. Socialism is the result of proletarian democracy. To the degree that the proletariat mobilizes itself and the great masses of the people, the socialist revolution is advanced. The proletariat mobilizes itself as a self-acting force through its own committees, unions, parties, and other organizations.”
“If my career were a hairstyle, it would be helmet-head.”
“Skewer is just too vague. I think if you say, â€™Stand back or Iâ€™ll stab him in the stomach,â€™ then I have an idea about how serious you are. After all, Leifâ€™s stomach is his favorite body part so thatâ€™s a decent threat.”
“That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
“For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.”

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