Against All Odds Quotes - Page 3

• He wanted that again, that feeling of standing with her against all odds and succeeding. He wanted it so bad, he was going to risk destroying everything he and his father had worked for.

  Kim Harrison

  Father, Odds, Feelings

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• A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds.

  Deborah Kass

  Odds, America, Broadway

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• There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined.

  Michael Cunningham

  Inspirational, Odds, Giving

  Michael Cunningham (1998). “The Hours: A Novel”, p.225, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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• A Half-Blood of the eldest gods, Shall reach sixteen against all odds And see the world in endless sleep The Hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap A single choice shall end his days Olympus to preserve or raze.

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Sleep, Odds

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series”, p.161, BenBella Books, Inc.

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• If you had been a public figure from the time you were a toddler, if you'd had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds, than maybe to you might value privacy above all else. I have given everything up there from the time that I was three-years old. That's reality show enough, don't you think?

  Jodie Foster

  Real, Fighting, Thinking

  “Jodie Foster at Golden Globes: I came out ‘a thousand years ago’” by Kevin P.Sullivan, www.mtv.com. January 13, 2013.

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• Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Success, Creativity, Odds

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• I have not survived against all odds. I have not lived to tell. I have not witnessed the extraordinary. This is my story.

  Amy Krouse Rosenthal

  Odds, Stories, Extraordinary

  Amy Krouse Rosenthal (2007). “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life”, p.6, Broadway Books

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• There is just this for consolation: an hour here or there, when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined , though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) knows these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning, we hope, more than anything, for more. Heaven only knows why we love it so.

  Michael Cunningham

  Morning, Children, Odds

  Michael Cunningham (1998). “The Hours: A Novel”, p.225, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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• The natural state of mankind ... and I know that this is a controversial idea... is freedom... And the proof is the lengths to which a man, woman, or child will go to regain it once lost. He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try again, against all odds, against all prejudices.

  John Quincy Adams

  Freedom, Children, Men

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• It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.

  Vikram Seth

  Heart, Odds, Evil

  Vikram Seth (1994). “Arion & the Dolphin: a libretto”, Not Avail

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• 'Jazz Artist of the Century' would have to be a distinctive soloist and ensemble player, a composer, an arranger, a bandleader, and a driver; would have to span all the genres and periods of jazz; would have to have run her own label; [would] possess a deep spirituality, with grace and a sense of humor; and would have to have succeeded against all odds. Who else? Mary Lou Williams.

  Dave Douglas

  Running, Artist, Player

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• You’re not the only one who’s loyal and decent, Ture. It’s why I won’t betray Darling. He wouldn’t betray me and I know it. When someone really loves you, they find a way to get to you, even in the darkest night, against all odds. Through the worst nightmares, they are there, holding your hand. They’re there to stand with you to the end. I don’t just believe that. I know it. - Zarya Starska

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Love You, Believe, Night

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• Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Success, Congratulations, Thinking

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