#gambling

I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

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Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards. ↗

— Richard Roeper

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No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner. ↗

— Thomas R. Dewar

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Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one. ↗

— Pope John XXIII

#come #family #farming #gambling #generally

I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#bad thing #entertaining #framework #fun #gambling

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don't know. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#enjoy #gambling #i #i do #i think

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. ↗

— Dean Inge

#civilized #disease #gambling #superficially

Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

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