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The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you're certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you're gambling is, say, your time or your embarrassment, then the more stuff you do, the more you give luck a chance to find you.


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SAMUEL ADAMS You've got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know wh...
PATCH ADAMS I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really ...
BRYAN ADAMS I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.
BRYAN ADAMS I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, w...
BRYAN ADAMS A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
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