Chance Quotes - Page 28

• All that the law can do is to shape things so that no injustice shall be done by one to the other, and that each man shall be given the first chance to show the stuff that is in him.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Law, Done

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.45, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Peak hours for sending a first email through the online dating system tended to be during work (eleven A.M. to four P.M.) and then just after dinner (seven P.M. to nine P.M.). I did have a few women send me a first message after eleven P.M. Those who did had an 82 percent chance of coming from a profile that had too many words.

  Amy Webb

  Dating, Email, Four

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• When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. And if I have a chance to matter to the growth and hopes and wishes of little girls, that's something I can't take lightly. So I do factor them in when I'm thinking about what to wear, and what to say, and whether or not to go out to bars even thought I'm not twenty-one.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Thinking, Years

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• If you're hooked on the physical act of writing, there's a good chance of your hanging in there long enough to say what you were born to say.

  Peter Meinke

  Writing, Long, Enough

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• Disappointment is just the chance to start once more, this time all the more insightfully.

  Henry Ford

  Disappointment

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• Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  May, Lost, Loses

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• Forever. My brother is not a bad person. The best thing for Marc now is leaving college, getting away from a bunch of people he was around every day. Now he'll have a chance to play in the NFL and have somebody who can be there with him and can guide him in the right direction.

  Michael Vick

  Brother, College, Play

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• If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say: But we can help him!'. My reply is: First, there's a good chance you'll only run in his way, and as a second attacker you're drawing a second defender with you, and two vs two is harder than one vs one.'

  Johan Cruijff

  Running, Player, Two

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• I don't have a chance [on being elected Mayor of New Orleans]. I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform.

  Brad Pitt

  Running, Gay, Marijuana

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• Listen Jesus to the warning I give. Please remember that I want us to live. But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour. All your followers are blind, too much heaven on their minds. It was beautiful, but now it's sour. Yes, it's all gone sour.

  Tim Rice

  Beautiful, Jesus, Giving

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• I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.

  Odette Annable

  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's still possible to experience the Gothic period, not to mention the Romantic. Only nothing remains of the industrial age. So we thought that our photos would give the viewer the chance to go back to a time that is gone forever.

  Bernd Becher

  Europe, Giving, Forever

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• If we study learning as a data science, we can reverse engineer the human brain and tailor learning techniques to maximize the chances of student success. This is the biggest revolution that could happen in education, turning it into a data-driven science, and not such a medieval set of rumors professors tend to carry on.

  Sebastian Thrun

  Data, Brain, Rumor

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• Highly successful leaders ignore conventional wisdom and take chances. Their stories inevitably include a defining moment or key decision when they
  took a significant risk and thereby experienced a breakthrough.

  Larry Osborne

  Successful, Keys, Decision

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• Under the Sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor success to the skillful, but time and chance govern all. For man does not know his time.

  Solomon

  Wise, Strong, Intelligent

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• In the movies first impressions are everything. Or, to put it less drastically, in the movies there are no later impressions without a first impression, because you will have stopped watching. Sometimes a critic persuades you to give an unpromising-looking movie a chance, but the movie had better convey the impression pretty quickly that the critic might be right.

  Clive James

  Giving, First Impression, Might

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• If you never get criticized, chances are you aren't getting anything done.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Done, Chances Are, Ifs

  Charles R. Swindoll (1998). “Hand Me Another Brick”, p.38, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When the people of a nation stop communicating, they lose the common purpose that made them great. Their cities become ghost towns. People live aimlessly because they have no cause for which they are willing to die. The cry of the populace is 'Just leave me alone'. Perhaps the ultimate hell is that the wish will be granted. It is not unlikely that our own nation will collapse not through an explosive roar, but through a deafening silence. This silence must be broken in our generation. We may never get another chance.

  Jeff Myers

  Cities, Common Purpose, Our Generation

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• God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess; God sees a perfect chance to train, test , and teach.

  Max Lucado

  Perfect, Use, Tests

  Max Lucado (2013). “God Will Use This for Good: Surviving the Mess of Life”, p.21, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• In selling his scheme, Obama has been promoting the myth that our system is no better than those of other advanced nations. His recent statements have betrayed his openly contemptuous attitude toward American health care and out top-flight medical profession. His attitude is consistent with his revealed general attitude about America, which he denigrates every time he gets a chance, especially on foreign soil.

  David Limbaugh

  Attitude, America, Care

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• Chance favours the trained mind.

  Louis Pasteur

  Mind, Favour

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• The class distinctions simply result from the different degrees of success with which men have availed themselves of the chances which were presented to them. Instead of endeavoring to redistribute the acquisitions which have been made between the existing classes, our aim should be to increase, multiply, and extend the chances.

  William Graham Sumner

  Men, Class, Degrees

  William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.144, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• A second chance doesn't mean anything if you haven't learned from your first mistake.

  Zig Ziglar

  Mistake, Mean, Second Chance

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Apr 12, 2014

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• Each day life sends you chances to learn, grow and step into your best. Don't miss them.

  Robin Sharma

  Missing, Steps, Each Day

  Robin Sharma (2008). “The Greatness Guide, Book 2: 101 More Insights to Get You to World Class”, p.20, Jaico Publishing House

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• It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience. Sometimes when they applaud if I'm still playing it's not as good, but there's always a way around it. Actually the applause gives me a little rest and chance to stretch, too.

  Hilary Hahn

  People, Giving, Movement

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