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• The period of financial distress is a gradual decline after the peak of a speculative bubble that precedes the final and massive panic and crash, driven by the insiders having exited but the sucker outsiders hanging on hoping for a revivial, but finally giving up in the final collapse.

  Charles P. Kindleberger

  Giving Up, Finals, Investing

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• The hardest part about parenting is when I have to be The Dad--aka the Fun-Sucker--as opposed to being a friend.

  James Patterson

  Dad, Fun, Aka

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• Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

  Richard Gere

  Funny, Doors, Faces

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• It is criminal negligence to leave suckers lying around to tempt honest men.

  Wilson Mizner

  Lying, Men, Atheism

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• Some artists think every woman is a groupie, and that every dude is a sucker, and I never looked at people like that.

  Immortal Technique

  Artist, Thinking, People

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• When 'Malcolm in the Middle' was over, I was looking for a drama more than a comedy...but if it was a comedy that came up, it would have to be as well-written as 'Malcolm' was, and it would have to be a different kind of character than I played on that show. That's harder to come by. In drama, there were more opportunities, more options for me, and when I read ('Breaking Bad'), it was just, 'Good night, Nurse! I'm going after this sucker!'

  Bryan Cranston

  Good Night, Drama, Character

  Interview with Will Harris, www.bullz-eye.com. November 13, 2009.

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• You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.

  Terry Gilliam

  Bridges, Hollywood, Likes

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• My ears are huge. If there's ever a problem with a plane I'm on, they could just put me on the wing and I'll land the sucker.

  Tori Amos

  Land, Wings, Ears

  "This much I know: Tori Amos". Interview with Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2012.

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• I'm a sucker for packaging!

  Chloe Sevigny

  Packaging

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• I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

  Tommy Shaw

  Upbeat, Bigs, Chorus

  Interview with A-j Charron, www.guitarnoise.com.

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• I suppose many people will continue moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born every minute.

  Richard Stallman

  Moving, People, Born

  "Google's ChromeOS means losing control of data, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2010.

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• It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail polish, but with my makeup, I'm more comfortable with a natural look. It feels more like me.

  Alison Sweeney

  Makeup, Clothes, Nails

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• I'm a huge sucker for comfort.

  Mia Wasikowska

  Comfort, Huge

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• Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food.

  Frans de Waal

  Octopus, Brain, Neurons

  "The Brains of the Animal Kingdom". www.wsj.com. March 22, 2013.

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• And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.

  Dorothy Parker

  Rolling, Three, Poor

  Quoted in Paris Review, Summer 1956

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• Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump!

  W. C. Fields

  Uncles, Men, Giving

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• Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar.

  Dennis Miller

  Sports, Football, Talking

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  Burt Lancaster

  Soul, Giants, Tilt

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• I watch sports all the time. My wife Cindy says I would watch the thumb-suckers play the bed-wetters. I watch all sports and I enjoy all sports. It's been great fun in my life and a great diversion.

  John McCain

  Sports, Fun, Play

  Source: sports.espn.go.com

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• I'm a sucker for a woman with beautiful eyes.

  Ryan Guzman

  Beautiful, Eye, Beautiful Eyes

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a very outgoing person so I like girls who are not afraid to be themselves. I'm not a shy person and when I hang out with a girl, I want to be able to talk to her. At the same time I like a girl I can have a conversation with - as opposed to me sitting there talking away because she won't open her mouth. I like conversations and I'm a really big sucker for personality.

  Corbin Bleu

  Girl, Talking, Personality

  "Zac Efron and Corbin Bleu Dish on High School Musical 3: Senior Year". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. February 16, 2009.

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• Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be — or to be indistinguishable from — self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.

  Neal Stephenson

  Self, Years, Games

  "Cryptonomicon". Book by Neal Stephenson, 1999.

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• Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.

  Seth Godin

  People, Marketing, Blogging

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• I'm a sucker for corn rows and manicured toes.

  Nelly

  Corn, Toes

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• When it comes to consumer electronics, I'm a big fat sucker, because even though I know you should never, ever buy anything until the second version of it is released, I just can't resist. I live in a state of perpetual Beta.

  Susan Orlean

  Electronics, States, Should

  "In Beta" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. April 10, 2010.

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