Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles.

quote by Camillo di Cavour
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Marriage is a lottery.

French proverbs
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Down By the Carib Sea

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Sunrise in the Tropics

Sol, Sol, mighty lord of the tropic zone,
Here I wait with the trembling stars
To see thee once more take thy throne.

There the patient palm tree watching
Waits to say, 'Good morn' to thee,
And a throb of expectation
Pulses through the earth and me.

Now, o'er nature falls a hush,
Look! the East is all a-blush;
And a growing crimson crest
Dims the late stars in the west;
Now, a flood of golden light
Sweeps acress the silver night,
Swift the pale moon fades away

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poem by James Weldon Johnson
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Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

quote by Doug Coupland
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Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.

quote by Brian Koslow
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I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs.

quote by Jack Whittaker
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The lottery is a tax on people who flunked math.

quote by Isarel Gallegos
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Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.

quote by Scott Adams
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You cannot win a lottery without buying a ticket.

African proverbs
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Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.

quote by Bill Watterson
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Windfall

the indian lottery man
who walked the length
and breath of brickfields,
the one i usually bought
some lottery from, wishing
for a windfall of its first prize -
a cool US$1 million - where is he?
has he too gotten a windfall?
lying flat and peaceful like the
graves I passed by just now?

poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.

quote by Bianca Jagger
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

quote by Fran Lebowitz
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Here's something to think about How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'

quote by Jay Leno
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Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

quote by Jay Leno
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Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

quote by Cecil Rhodes
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Lottery

I have never won the lottery
but if I ever did I'd buy
A lovely little run a round car
something pleasing to my eye

The color of my car would be yellow
it would be nick named The sun
I would drive to all the beaches
having loads of holiday fun

I have never won the lottery
maybe that's because I do not play
but the thought of winning millions
just blows my mind away

By Marie Causey

poem by Marie Causey
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In twenty years, the Lottery has raised over $1.4 billion. It has been run successfully and efficiently.

quote by Jane D. Hull
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I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

quote by Fran Lebowitz
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I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or or not.

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