>>Even the staunchest sitter-downer player would agree that you're supposed to play the ball, not the man... or maybe not these days.
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>The best poker and gin rummy players (I'm a gin fanatic) play the man, not the cards.

I lived in Las Vegas a few times for a while (thankfully not at the moment) -- and obviously lots of poker players there. One guy I worked with (a fellow programmer) always went to the casinos and played poker at tables with other players. He seemed to almost always come out ahead - no joke he left ahead like 85% of the time! He said the exact same thing -- it's all about who you're playing against more-so than the cards you're dealt.

>The best painters (I'm a wannabe oil painter) paint what they feel about the rose, not the rose.
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>Trump is president because his opponents played the cards and painted the rose.

Trump is president because the American voter is stupid and lazy.