Jennifer Tilly I met my boyfriend, a pro poker player, at a tournament. He tried to dissuade me because it’s a seedy gritty world. Listen, I’ve played till 4 in the morning. I’ve played with a half million dollars on the table. – Jennifer Tilly Boyfriend Quotes Dissuade Quotes Dollars Quotes Gritty Quotes Listen Quotes Met Quotes Morning Quotes Played Quotes Player Quotes Poker Quotes Pro Quotes Seedy Quotes Table Quotes Tournament Quotes I won $100,000 in Vegas, which buys furniture for my beach house. That takes nerves. You can’t think if I’m wrong I’ll blow $30,000. I have my cards read every time I pass a tarot-reader booth. I would be so embarrassed to have one of those 900 numbers appear on my phone bill, because I don’t know how I would explain it to my business manager. It would almost be like saying, ‘Okay, I’m white trash.’
C Northcote Parkinson Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. – C Northcote Parkinson
John Fleming I think always, when you have a candidate promising free stuff, and another promising less stuff or nothing, the one who promises more is always going to have the advantage. – John Fleming
Paul Polman Forest nations willing to do more than their fair share to solve the climate crisis should be rewarded through results-based payments. – Paul Polman
Playboi Carti I feel like it’s important for me to expand, to create my own label. With a label, I can just give someone the opportunity that I was given, you know? That’s what it’s all about, just helping. – Playboi Carti
Ivan Toney The boost in confidence that kept me going in those early days when I was at Newcastle came from Peter Beardsley. – Ivan Toney
Jill Lepore The Karen Ann Quinlan case is where the right to life and the right to die got bound together, and I don’t think they’ve ever gotten untangled. – Jill Lepore
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