- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's never a good thing when an opponent has a solid read on you pre-flop.
- High Percentage
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's imperative to save a few chips whenever possible when playing small-ball poker. You never want to risk a high percentage of your chips unless you're dealt a monster hand.
- Start
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been one to be too careful with my diet. If I really start watching what I eat, I'm already a thin guy - I just won't have any physical strength. I think I'll disappear if I don't eat what I need to eat or what I like to eat.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote a query letter to an editor - a friend of a friend. The editor called me an idiot, told me never to contact an editor directly, and then recommended three literary agents he had worked with before. Laurie Fox was one of them, and I've never looked back.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
You never find virtuosity for its own sake.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A cook never knows if the dish he perfected for hours was described properly or if a guest even liked his food. It's hard to spend hours perfecting a dish only to relinquish control. But chefs need to put aside their egos and trust the people serving the food.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized I was never going to be Lance Armstrong. And in biking, if you want to make money, you have to be the best.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020