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Bluffs Quotes

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words. Mahatma Gandhi
It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed. Jonathan Lethem
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "This time, after a moment, he called her bluff."
This time, after a moment, he called her bluff. Dorothy Dunnett
Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being. Carl Sagan
They both continue to stare at each other, expressionless, motionless, in the weirdest standoff I've ever seen almost as if they're calling the other's bluff. It is the way you'd look at a perfect stranger, although if they were actually strangers someone would break down and exchange a pleasantry after such prolonged eye contact. I start to wonder if maybe I shouldn't reintroduce my own parents. Emily Giffin
Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it,” Black hissed, so venomously that Pettigrew took a step backward. “I thought it was the perfect plan . . . a bluff. . . . Voldemort would be sure to come after me, would never dream they’d use a weak, talentless thing like you. . . . It must have been the finest moment of your miserable life, telling Voldemort you could hand him the Potters. J. K. Rowling
Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."(Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 6 September, 2004) George W. Bush
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "After all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side."
After all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Julian is bluff and sturdy, royal; he possesses a gracefully muscular, equine beauty so natural it suggests that beauty itself is a fundamental human condition and not a mutation in the general design. Michael Cunningham
First one gives off his best picture, the bright and finished product mended with bluff and falsehood and humor. Then more details are required and one paints a second portrait, and third---before long the best lines cancel out---and the secret is exposed at last; the planes of the picture have intermingled and given us away, and though we paint and paint we can no longer sell a picture. We must be satisfied with hoping such fatuous accounts of ourselves as we make to our wives and children... F. Scott Fitzgerald
Yes," Nicholas replied, in a bored voice. "The name is Dutch. Dragonwyck, meaning place of the dragon. It derives from an Indian legend about a flying serpent whose eyes were fire and whose flaming breath withered the corn." "Heavens!" With a light laugh, Miranda asked her new employer if the red men had sent forth a champion to do battle with the dragon. The patroon's face was dark, unsmiling. "To appease him the wise men of the tribe sacrificed a pure maiden on the rocky bluff you see above... Anya Seton
James Patterson quote: "Happiness is seeing Bear Bluff in your rearview mirror, but..."
Happiness is seeing Bear Bluff in your rearview mirror, but you better look damn quick. James Patterson
Ambrose Bierce quote: "The hardest tumble a man can take is to fall over his own bluff."
The hardest tumble a man can take is to fall over his own bluff. Ambrose Bierce
Rafael Sabatini quote: "Laughter broke from them. It spread into a roar of..."
Laughter broke from them. It spread into a roar of acclamation; for bluff is a weapon dear to every adventurer. Rafael Sabatini
Although I have to say, it's become a lot harder for me since I won the world series because everyone wants to beat me. For example, bluffing is really tough now, because there's always someone who calls me on the off-chance that they'll then be able to say they read a world champion's bluff. Chris Moneymaker

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