"No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune."

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"No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune."

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"What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible."

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"Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column."

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"As far as now, as far as I think everyone deserv a chance. No matter who is he and who was he."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful."

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