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"If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will."
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"We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate."
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"No fact in human nature is more characteristic than its willingness to live on a chance. The existence of the chance makes the difference between a life of which the keynote is resignation and a life of which the keynote is hope."
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"Though men pride themselves on their great actions often they are not the result of any great design but of chance."
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"Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides."
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"We need to go to the niceties of approaching the U. N. and let them have a chance to take it over, but we should set some sort of date and begin to move out and leave it to whoever takes over."
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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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"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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"Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun."
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"My job is to give my team a chance to win."
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"We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by chance we think we have found one, it will not be long before we destroy him."
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"If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will."
Chance


"I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is."
Money


"When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall."
Income


"Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice."
Practice


"Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people."
People


"Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote."
Government


"Now you know the rest of the story."
Now


"I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist."
Society


"Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be."
Society
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