Chance Quotes - Page 17

• Problems are chances for us to do our best.

  Duke Ellington

  Problem

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• In the past few months I've become religious, I've started to believe in god, creationism and intelligent design, and the reason that I now believe in god and creationism and intelligent design is because of Professor Richard Dawkins. Because when I look at something as complex and intricate and beautiful as Professor Richard Dawkins, I don't think that just could've evolved by chance! Professor Richard Dawkins was put there by god to test us, like fossils. And facts.

  Stewart Lee

  Beautiful, Religious, Believe

  "Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle/ Religion". Comedy, April 2009.

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• Not only is the motion picture an art, but it is the one entirely new art that has been evolved on this planet for hundreds of years. It is the only art at which we of this generation have any possible chance to greatly excel.

  Raymond Chandler

  Art, Years, This Generation

  Raymond Chandler, Tom Hiney, Frank MacShane (2002). “The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Nonfiction, 1909-1959”, p.72, Grove Press

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• When you make the schedule, you're not planning on playing deep into every single week, or at least I haven't in the past. I'm not physically or mentally ready to pick up my bags and go to Monte Carlo. I definitely have to look at what's best for my chances at (at the French Open).

  Andy Roddick

  Past, Bags, Looks

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• Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.

  Stephen D. Krashen

  Children, Reading, Habit

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• People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

  Stephen D. Krashen

  Reading, People, Language

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• The first chance you have to avoid a loss from a foolish loan is by refusing to make it; there is no second chance.

  Charlie Munger

  Loss, Second Chance, Firsts

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• I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.

  Fred Perry

  Giving, Opponents, Wimbledon

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• Never resign. There's always a chance your opponent may drop dead before he mates you.

  Israel Albert Horowitz

  May, Opponents, Mates

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• If you can find meaning in the type of running you need todo to stay on this team, chances are you can find meaning in another absurd pastime: Life.

  Robert Towne

  Running, Team, Needs

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• There's always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Fighting, Boxing, Something New

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• I'm not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Giving Up, Years, Attention

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• One of the benefits of success with new songs is that some of the other songs will get a chance to see the light of day whereas they wouldn't have before.

  Diane Warren

  Song, Light, Benefits

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• I'm no heartthrob. Honestly, I am really happy that people are just giving me a chance and paying attention to what it is I have to say, because I certainly hope I have a lot more to say than I do to look at. That's more important to me.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Giving, People, Important

  "Gavin DeGraw speaks out on life and music". The Associated Press Interview, www.nbcnews.com. August 4, 2010.

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• I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production.

  Agnieszka Holland

  Believe, Diversity, Film Production

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century.

  Jack Kemp

  Real, Home, Rights

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The happy medium is television. And if you find a good suitor, you can do it for years. With movies, you roll the dice. If people don't show that weekend, you're doomed. TV allows you to percolate a little bit, and it gives you a chance for people to find it.

  Bruce Campbell

  Weekend, Years, People

  "Ash vs Evil Dead": Bruce Campbell Talks Blood, Sidekicks, and Hating Ash’s Car". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 31, 2015.

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• I come from the best era of film I believe; when people were taking chances on films. It's time for us to bring more truth to the story and not necessarily carry a torch for every Black person in America; just tell a story, and a good one too.

  Romany Malco

  Believe, America, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I consider myself a character actress, and that's working out. I'm getting chances to do things. I like the process - I don't want to pretend I'm something other than what I am.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Character, Work Out, Want

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.

  Tony Scott

  Morning, Shooting, Firsts

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• When you are interviewing someone, you have a chance to follow up, to press, to dig in. In a debate there's 30 seconds for the other guy, too. And the goal is to get them to engage with each other, not to engage you necessarily.

  Gwen Ifill

  Goal, Guy, Debate

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I decided that I was ready to assume this position when I discovered that the chance to save the country was very meager. I was prepared to sacrifice myself for this country and its 90 million people. They want food, fuel and electricity and yearn for a decent life. Any president who does not pay attention to such details or is unable to provide the minimum level of stability should leave office.

  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

  Country, Sacrifice, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• In the armed forces, the chances of success are quite high. That's due to the clarity of the military structure - everything is sketched out. In politics, there are many more surprises and detours, and it's a lot more unpredictable.

  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

  Military, Detours, Clarity

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• In Russia, less than one percent of trials end with an acquittal. With trials that were initiated for political reasons those chances are zero.

  Lyudmila Alexeyeva

  Zero, Russia, Political

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• A united Europe is our Continent's only chance to avoid falling off the world's radar. The heads of government of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also know that their voice is only heard internationally because they speak through the megaphone of the European Union.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Fall, Government, Europe

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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