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• I had a chance at him now. Things were a bit more even. He knew my name, I knew his. He had six years' experience, I had five thousand and ten. That was the kind of odds that you could do something with.

  Jonathan Stroud

  Years, Names, Six

  Jonathan Stroud (2003). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One: Amulet of Samarkand, The (International Edition)”, Disney-Hyperion

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• In the Tarot deck, the Fool is depicted as a young man about to step off a cliff into empty air. Most people assume that the Fool will fall. But we don't see it happen, and a Fool doesn't know that he's subject to the laws of gravity. Against all odds, he just might float.

  Richard Kadrey

  Fall, Men, Air

  Richard Kadrey (2007). “Butcher Bird”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• Greeting to the final contestants of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games. The earlier revision has been revoked. Closer examination of the rule book has disclosed that only one winner may be allowed," he says. "Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor.

  Suzanne Collins

  Book, Good Luck, Games

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• One slip. One slip in thousands. The odds had been entirely in her favor. But it hadn't mattered.

  Suzanne Collins

  Favors, Slips

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, Scholastic Inc.

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• I’ve decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what’s right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Running, Powerful, Believe

  "Tammy Baldwin Announces Senate Run In Wisconsin" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

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• Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor has no earthly clue who you are.

  Lionel Shriver

  Giving, Taste, Clue

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• Right now, holding you, I feel like we have a shot at beating all odds and making it together.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Together, Shots, Feels

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “Silence”, p.428, Simon and Schuster

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• It wasn't like the spare rooms of immigrants - packed to the rafters with all that they have ever possessed, no matter how defective or damaged, mountains of odds and ends - the stand testament to the fact that they have things now, where before they had nothing.

  Zadie Smith

  Mountain, Matter, Rooms

  Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.278, Vintage

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• I'm so moved when I see everyday Americans standing together, against all odds, to make their lives and communities better - whether it's organizing against big factories polluting their air or against big banks corrupting our economy and political system.

  Sally Kohn

  Air, Community, Political

  "ORIGIN FEM SERIES: Sally Kohn – CNN Columnist". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Poor children in Baltimore face even worse odds than low-income kids elsewhere, mostly because they remain in impoverished neighborhoods.

  Gwen Ifill

  Children, Kids, Income

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Saigon, U.S.A. aptly documents the birth of a new American community, uprooted in the aftermath of war and forever torn apart by the wounds of the past, yet one capable of healing against all odds. An engrossing yet succinct film that captures not only a major incident in Vietnamese American life, but also an important chapter of American history. A profound film that manages to confront us with the deepest sorrow while allowing us to be hopeful about what it means to be human.

  Nguyen Qui Duc

  War, Healing, Mean

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• One of my missions is to get people to go, "Oh, she's really nice and I really like her, but what were the words she just said?!" I want your instincts to be at odds with your mind.

  Lucy Lawless

  Nice, People, Mind

  "SALEM: Lucy Lawless Talks Season 2, ASH VS. EVIL DEAD, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 6, 2015.

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• Any artist that is even surviving right now is a dark horse because things change pretty fast. You're a superstar one day and wake up the next day and you're anonymous. To be successful in any way is beating the odds right now, I think.

  Chad Kroeger

  Horse, Successful, Dark

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• As our planet faces seemingly insurmountable odds, we must find new ways to survive and thrive together.

  Nikhil Advani

  Together, Faces, Way

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• I know how to take good ideas and turn them into sensible law at great odds.

  Elizabeth Emken

  Law, Ideas, Sensible

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• The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.

  Franklin Knight Lane

  Fighting, Men, Sight

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• I have always been a critic of government policy. I was in government for more than five years. Before that I was a critic. Within the government I was a critic, pushing for reform and always at odds with power brokers within the party.

  Jonathan Moyo

  Party, Government, Years

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• In my practice as a psychiatrist, I have found that helping people to develop personal goals has proven to be the most effective way to help them cope with problems. Observing that lives of people who have mastered adversity, I have noticed that they have established goals and sought with all their effort to achieve them. From the moment they decided to concentrate all their energies on a specific objective, they begun to surmount the most difficult odds.

  Ari Kiev

  Adversity, Practice, Goal

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• Anytime you make a bet with the best of it, where the odds are in your favor, you have earned something on that bet, whether you actually win or lose the bet. By the same token when you make a bet with the worst of it, where the odds are not in your favor, you have lost something, whether you actually win or lose the bet.

  David Sklansky

  Winning, Favors, Win Or Lose

  David Sklansky (1999). “The Theory of Poker”, p.10, Two Plus Two Publishing LLC

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• Different personalities inspire me as an actor. Especially quirky personalities, maybe people I wouldn't normally get along with or be friends with - I find them inspiring for my work. I find sad emotions to be inspiring and stories of great people that kind of overcame odds.

  Laura Bell Bundy

  People, Personality, Inspire

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• In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results. And better results help us increase our credibility and self-confidence, which leads to more positive self-expectancy, and more winning - and the upward cycle continues. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Self Confidence, Winning

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• I love underdogs, people who have achieved extraordinary things against the odds.

  Phil Keoghan

  People, Underdog, Extraordinary Things

  "Adventurer. Storyteller. Host of the Amazing Race". Interview with Zoe Kors, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• I'll never pay above the odds for something if there's a more cost-effective alternative, so I guess that's where the saver in me shines through.

  Andy Murray

  Shining, Alternatives, Cost

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Hope and optimism are different. Optimism tends to be based on the notion that there's enough evidence out there to believe things are gonna be better, much more rational, deeply secular, whereas hope looks at the evidence and says, "It doesn't look good at all. Doesn't look good at all. Gonna go beyond the evidence to create new possibilities based on visions that become contagious to allow people to engage in heroic actions always against the odds, no guarantee whatsoever." That's hope. I'm a prisoner of hope, though. Gonna die a prisoner of hope.

  Cornel West

  Believe, People, Optimism

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• Anytime someone calls you and identifies themselves with their full name, odds are it isn't someone you want to talk to under any circumstances.

  Bill Simmons

  Names, Want, Circumstances

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