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"The team is completely close. Anything you say outside, there is no chance it will go inside. So the team is really strong and compact. We know what we want and how to achieve it on the pitch."

"The team is completely close. Anything you say outside, there is no chance it will go inside. So the team is really strong and compact. We know what we want and how to achieve it on the pitch."

Jose Mourinho, Portuguese Coach

Chance, Want, Will

176

"Events are not a matter of chance."

"Events are not a matter of chance."

Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian Leader

154

"It takes one person to give you a big chance."

"It takes one person to give you a big chance."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

145

"I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece."

"I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece."

Jan Garbarek, Norwegian Musician

138

"Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice."

"Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

Chance, Fact, Nothing, Practice

130

"I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance."

"I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance."

Kenny Baker, British Actor

Chance, Holiday

121

"Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles."

"Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Chance, Now, Project, Variety

116

"Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes."

"Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes."

Robert Altman, American Director

104

"If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all."

"If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all."

Arsene Wenger, French Coach

103

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence."

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence."

Abigail Adams, American First Lady

Chance, Diligence, Learning

96

"Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape."

"Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape."

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

90

"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."

"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."

Mary Pickford, Canadian Actress

Chance, May, Mistakes

83

"Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance."

"Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Chance, Reason, Weakness

74

"The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later."

"The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

Chance, Now, Suicide

67

"Chance favors the prepared mind."

"Chance favors the prepared mind."

Louis Pasteur, French Scientist

Chance, Favors, Mind

65

"I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand."

"I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand."

Rick Wagoner, American Businessman

Chance, Conversation, First, Manufacturing

61

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

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

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

Chance, Fortune, Man

60

"A wise man turns chance into good fortune."

"A wise man turns chance into good fortune."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Chance, Fortune, Man

59

"Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?"

"Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?"

Jimmy Johnson, American Coach

58

"This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job."

"This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job."

Bill Delahunt, American Politician

58

"This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it."

"This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it."

Bruce Babbitt, American Politician

Chance, Conservation, Generations, President

58

"A problem is your chance to do your best."

"A problem is your chance to do your best."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

58

"I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation."

"I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation."

Adam Arkin, American Actor

Chance, Horror, Isolation

56

"Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance."

"Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance."

Jack Dempsey, American Athlete

56

"One chance is all you need."

"One chance is all you need."

Jesse Owens, American Athlete

55

"We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre."

"We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre."

Uta Hagen, German Actress

54

"I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive."

"I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Chance, Fighting, Language

53

"I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special."

"I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

53

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

52

"It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused."

"It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Chance, Struggle

52

"My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation."

"My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation."

Maurice Ravel, French Composer

Chance, Intention, Intuition, Perfection

52

"Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance."

"Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance."

Arianna Huffington, American Journalist

Chance, Class, Middleclass

51

"Any chance you have to sit back and be the one watching is great."

"Any chance you have to sit back and be the one watching is great."

Mats Sundin, Canadian Athlete

51

"Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance."

"Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance."

King George V, British Royalty

51

"Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100."

"Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100."

William Greider, American Author

Chance, Children, Living, Today

51

"Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute."

"Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute."

Keith Jarrett, American Composer

Chance, Musicians

51

"I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to."

"I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

50

"Luck, however, is too dumb to remain consistent."

"Luck, however, is too dumb to remain consistent."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Chance, Luck, Irony, Reality

50

"Even the wheel of fortune can run over you."

"Even the wheel of fortune can run over you."

Ljupka Cvetanova, Macedonian Author

Chance, Fortune, Life, Risk

50

"I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg."

"I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

Chance, Charity, Golf

49

"Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards."

"Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

Chance, Cowards, Rules, Service

49

"I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old."

"I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old."

Billie Holiday, American Musician

Chance, Kids, Old, Play

49

"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."

"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."

Euripides, Greek Poet

48

"The only safe thing is to take a chance."

"The only safe thing is to take a chance."

Mike Nichols, German Director

47

"So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him."

"So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

47

"Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table."

"Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Chance, Conviction, Man

47

"There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book."

"There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Chance, Children, Film, Pleasure

46

"Chance is the nature of our universe. Madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable."

"Chance is the nature of our universe. Madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Chance, Chaos, Surprise, Values

46

"A fool must now and then be right, by chance."

"A fool must now and then be right, by chance."

William Cowper, English Poet

Chance, Fool, Now, Right

45

"I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this."

"I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Chance, College

45

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