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Chance Quotes

"I'll be honest with you: not a chance in this world. But you know, stranger things have happened."

"I'll be honest with you: not a chance in this world. But you know, stranger things have happened."

Stacy Keach, American Actor

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"I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance."

"I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance."

Wayne Newton, American Musician

Chance, Choices, Fate

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"I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features."

"I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

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"I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple as that. He was putting together this band and he heard of me in the context of doing this and he gave me a call. I jumped at the chance."

"I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple as that. He was putting together this band and he heard of me in the context of doing this and he gave me a call. I jumped at the chance."

Greg Lake, British Musician

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"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

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"I never do anything by chance."

"I never do anything by chance."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

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"When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before."

"When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before."

Brian McKnight, American Musician

Chance, Forget, Will

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"I just basically took a chance because it looked like fun and I wanted the ."

"I just basically took a chance because it looked like fun and I wanted the ."

Rob Mariano, American Celebrity

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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."

"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."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Chance, Cheerfulness, End, Man

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"Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve."

"Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

Chance, Months, Practice, Soccer

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"We felt like when we went into last year we had a pretty good chance to win the championship from the previous year with the fall we put together. We've got the same everything now, so I think we can come back and be as strong this year."

"We felt like when we went into last year we had a pretty good chance to win the championship from the previous year with the fall we put together. We've got the same everything now, so I think we can come back and be as strong this year."

Sterling Marlin, American Athlete

Chance, Now, Pretty

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"This party is full of stars. They will all have their chance to shine."

"This party is full of stars. They will all have their chance to shine."

Roger Knapman, British Politician

Chance, Party, Stars, Will

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"Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance to just chill out until I come here, in my creative space."

"Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance to just chill out until I come here, in my creative space."

Bootsy Collins, American Musician

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"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."

"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

Chance, Nothing

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"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

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"I don't give players a chance to hit me."

"I don't give players a chance to hit me."

Eric Dickerson, American Athlete

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"More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had."

"More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had."

Jon Stewart, American Entertainer

Chance, Giving, State

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"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

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"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

Arnold Palmer, American Athlete

Chance, Effort, Trying

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"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

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"Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?"

"Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?"

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

Chance, Housework

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"The Round-Up is a wonderful community celebration, and I greatly enjoy the chance to visit with residents and see so many families enjoying the festivities offered throughout the week."

"The Round-Up is a wonderful community celebration, and I greatly enjoy the chance to visit with residents and see so many families enjoying the festivities offered throughout the week."

Greg Walden, American Politician

Chance, Community, Festivities, Visit

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"Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start."

"Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start."

Harold Wilson, English Statesman

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"Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides."

"Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides."

Euripides, Greek Poet

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"I think this is one of the greatest strengths of this school. Not only do the students go on to achieve great milestones in their own lives, they never forget their roots and the school that gave them the chance they needed to improve their lives and their families' lives."

"I think this is one of the greatest strengths of this school. Not only do the students go on to achieve great milestones in their own lives, they never forget their roots and the school that gave them the chance they needed to improve their lives and their families' lives."

Michael N. Castle, American Politician

Chance, Forget, School, Students

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"I have never done Cult TV before, the convention was good. It gives the fans a chance to meet the celebrities. Connect with the guy that used to be a bunch of coloured dots on your TV screen."

"I have never done Cult TV before, the convention was good. It gives the fans a chance to meet the celebrities. Connect with the guy that used to be a bunch of coloured dots on your TV screen."

Peter Tork, American Musician

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"What is different is I am giving the kids a chance to train every day. Not only once a day, but sometimes when they do not have school, we will try to do something in the morning too."

"What is different is I am giving the kids a chance to train every day. Not only once a day, but sometimes when they do not have school, we will try to do something in the morning too."

Thomas Dooley, German Athlete

Chance, Day, Giving, Kids

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"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

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"When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance."

"When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance."

Eberhard Weber, German Musician

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"I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game."

"I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game."

Barry Sanders, American Athlete

Chance, Enjoyment

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"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

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"If I put the script down more than once, there's a good chance that I probably don't want to play the part."

"If I put the script down more than once, there's a good chance that I probably don't want to play the part."

Joe Lando, American Actor

Chance, Play, Want

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"It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance."

"It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance."

Bernard Cornwell, British Novelist

Chance, Day, Folk, Fun

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"Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound."

"Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound."

Juice Newton, American Musician

Chance, Example, Personality, Sense

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"Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place."

"Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place."

John Barrow, American Politician

Chance, Play, Promotion

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"If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit."

"If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit."

Paul Waner, American Athlete

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"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

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"To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again."

"To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again."

Ricky Nelson, American Musician

Chance, Friends, Memories, Old

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"As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it."

"As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it."

Leo Durocher, American Athlete

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"In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you."

"In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you."

Suge Knight, American Producer

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"You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know."

"You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know."

Carly Patterson, American Athlete

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"My job is to give my team a chance to win."

"My job is to give my team a chance to win."

Nolan Ryan, American Athlete

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"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."

"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Chance, Fish, Will

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"I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better."

"I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better."

Eric Heiden, American Athlete

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"I jump at any chance to go back into theater."

"I jump at any chance to go back into theater."

Taye Diggs, American Actor

Chance, Theater

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"Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open."

"Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open."

Pauline Kael, American Critic

Chance, Ending, Open, Want

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"I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all."

"I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all."

Dwight Gooden, American Athlete

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"If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do."

"If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do."

Peter Sarsgaard, American Actor

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"As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve."

"As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve."

Mark Shields, American Journalist

Chance, Vietnam

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"I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy."

"I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy."

Rosamund Pike, British Actress

Chance, Energy, Marines, Prejudice

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