| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37671 |
| QUOTATION: | The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | David Mamet (b. 1947), U.S. playwright. “Things I Have Learned Playing Poker on the Hill,” Writing in Restaurants (1986). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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