I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.
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Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later that shouldn't have been repeated.
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I'm good at reading people.
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I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.
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And if you can't keep your ego under control, it's going to cost you a lot of money.
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