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But I am in the gambling business, for good or ill; it is the business I have chosen, and the only governing rule that we all recognize is: always sit close to an exit and never trust a man who doesn't sweat.

Hunter S. Thompson
Men, Gambling, Sweat
Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream”, p.221, Pan Macmillan
But I am in the gambling business, for good or ill; it is the business I have chosen, and the only governing rule that we all recognize is: always sit close to an exit and never trust a man who doesn't sweat.