Chance Quotes - Page 21

• One can become quite used to the specter of the eternal Footman, like some lethal old bore lurking in the hallway at the end of the evening, hoping for the chance to have a word. And I don't so much object to his holding my coat in that marked manner, as if mutely reminding me that it's time to be on my way. No, it's the snickering that gets me down.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Coats, Way, Evening

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Mortality”, p.31, Atlantic Books Ltd

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  The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

  Denzel Washington

  People, Define You

  Denzel Washington's Commencement Address at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, almanac.upenn.edu. May 16, 2011.

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• Time is old. Life is short.
  Only this moment is guaranteed to you.
  Fight hard to do the things you dream of.
  You may not have another chance.

  Heather Dorff

  Dream, Life Is Short, Fighting

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• Sometimes you have to take a chance and just go with it

  Heather Dorff

  Take A Chance, Sometimes

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• I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Believe, Government

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• When you usually are not ready to chance the standard you'll need to settle for the standard.

  Jim Rohn

  Needs, Settling, Standards

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• Choices not chance determine your destiny.

  Barbara Johnson

  Destiny, Choices, Determine

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• I think future generations will look back at this history of our country and call us barbarians for murdering millions of babies who we never gave a chance to live.

  Marco Rubio

  Country, Baby, Thinking

  Marco Rubio's speech at the first GOP debate in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• When I get the chance, I'm at the theaters all the time, trying to check out the latest movies.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Trying, Theater, Checks

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• Everybody ought to be given a chance to do whatever they want, but be responsible for their own actions.

  Monty Roberts

  Want, Action, Responsible

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• Take a chance. Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. And don’t fall in love with Plan A.

  Huma Abedin

  Falling In Love, Take A Chance, Don't Fall In Love

  "Hillary Clinton deputy shares career advice" by Colleen Leahey, fortune.com. May 24, 2012.

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• Aging is a chance to make what was good, great, and what was never so good, better...

  Amy Bloom

  Aging

  "How to Have (Better) Sex As You Get Older" by Amy Bloom, www.oprah.com. May 2013.

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• If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it.

  Loretta Lynn

  Husband, Ideas, Singing

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• If freedom were not so economically efficient it certainly wouldn't stand a chance.

  Milton Friedman

  Efficient, Ifs

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• When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a little irritation - 'In the field of observation in science, fortune only favours the prepared mind.' It is not by chance that it is always the great scientists who have the luck.

  Lewis Wolpert

  Irritation, Achievement, Mind

  Lewis Wolpert (2014). “The Unnatural Nature of Science”, p.79, Faber & Faber

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• Lack of self-confidence is, more often than not, simple laziness. We feel confused and uncertain because we do not know. But instead of making the effort to investigate, we procrastinate and worry. We tell ourselves we can't instead of learning how we can. If we used the mental energy we expend in worry and fear to get out and find out about what we do not know, we would see our self-confidence grow. Lack of self-confidence is not overcome by faith, but by action. It is a lack, not of certainty, but of effort. Too often we are certain that we can't before we give ourselves a fair chance.

  Laurence Boldt

  Confused, Self Confidence, Simple

  Laurence G. Boldt (1999). “Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design”, p.941, Penguin

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• An unsuccessful manager blames failure on his obligations; the effective manager turns them to his own advantage. A speech is a chance to lobby...a visit to an important customer a chance to extract trade information.

  Henry Mintzberg

  Important, Speech, Information

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• To me, the team is more important than any individual member of the squad, and the players have to realise that and accept that my priority is to pick a side with the best possible chance of winning each match.

  Gerard Houllier

  Team, Winning, Player

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• Rick Tocchet is what I call a warrior. He really brings a lot to a team because he really believes in team play. He's tough on himself and he's tough on the team. As a coach, if you had even one guy like him on your team, you'd have a heckuva chance to do your job well.

  Scotty Bowman

  Jobs, Team, Believe

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• I had the chance to work with Michael Jackson who was as brilliant as they come.

  Tommy Mottola

  Brilliant

  "Tommy Mottola enters the 'No Spin Zone'". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. February 08, 2013.

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• Sometimes people can't see past us to hear our message. We never have a second chance to leave a first impression.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Second Chance, Past, People

  Charles R. Swindoll (2005). “Day by Day with Charles Swindoll”, p.107, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  War, Differences, Would Be

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• As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime.

  Noam Chomsky

  Iran, Trying, Nuclear

  "Noam Chomsky: Talking About Iran Sanctions Is ‘Surreal’" by Andrew Perez, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 23, 2014.

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• Everywhere I go the coaches all tell me that Scholsey is the player they admire. But if they think they'll get him they're wasting their time! Paul is a Manc lad pure and simple. He loves the club and there's no chance of him leaving here. If ever he decided to go there would be a stampede, but he won't be going, he's here for life.

  Alex Ferguson

  Simple, Player, Thinking

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• I really do believe that chance favours a prepared mind. Wallace Stegner, who was one of my teachers when I was at Stanford, preached that writing a novel is not something that can be done in a sprint. That it's a marathon. You have to pace yourself. He himself wrote two pages every day and gave himself a day off at Christmas. His argument was at the end of a year, no matter what, you'd got 700 pages and that there's got to be something worth keeping.

  Scott Turow

  Teacher, Believe, Writing

  "'To hell with Perry Mason'". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2002.

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