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Chance Quotes

"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere."

"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere."

Charles Kettering, American Inventor

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"And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite."

"And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

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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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"The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance."

"The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance."

Peter De Vries, American Novelist

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"Working with Yahoo! allows us to give our fans a chance to listen to our songs, check out the video, purchase our new album, win tickets to our show, and chat with us all in one place."

"Working with Yahoo! allows us to give our fans a chance to listen to our songs, check out the video, purchase our new album, win tickets to our show, and chat with us all in one place."

Isaac Hanson, American Musician

Chance, Fans, Songs

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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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"Give luck a chance to happen."

"Give luck a chance to happen."

Tom Kite, American Athlete

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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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"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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"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."

"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."

Kent Nerburn, American Author

Chance, Children, Sun, Will

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"I don't really get a chance to watch much television."

"I don't really get a chance to watch much television."

Will Estes, American Actor

Chance, Television

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"A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance."

"A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance."

Branch Rickey, 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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"He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things."

"He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things."

Edward F. Halifax, British Statesman

Chance, Nothing, Will

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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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"If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic."

"If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic."

Richard Eyre, British Director

Chance, Fantasy, Reality

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"I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance."

"I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance."

Wanda Sykes, American Comedian

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"Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn."

"Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

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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'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth."

"I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth."

Barry Bostwick, American Actor

Chance, Production

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"You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance."

"You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance."

Mindy Cohn, American Actress

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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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"You look at 2001, we were third in points and no one gave us much of a chance when the season started. We came back last year and had the same team, the same everybody and led points."

"You look at 2001, we were third in points and no one gave us much of a chance when the season started. We came back last year and had the same team, the same everybody and led points."

Sterling Marlin, American Athlete

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"If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will."

"If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will."

Paul Harvey, American Journalist

Chance, Will, Wrong

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"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

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"Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask."

"Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

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"But this was my chance to go to the Super Bowl. Nothing was going to stop me."

"But this was my chance to go to the Super Bowl. Nothing was going to stop me."

Jack Youngblood, American Athlete

Chance, Nothing

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"I was on the sideline with a knee injury and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition."

"I was on the sideline with a knee injury and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition."

Claudio Reyna, American Athlete

Chance, Competition, Injury, Play

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"I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way."

"I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way."

Jason Kidd, American Athlete

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"We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up."

"We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up."

Eric Heiden, American Athlete

Chance, Day, Party, Rest

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"There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance."

"There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance."

Kate Smith, American Musician

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"Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime."

"Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime."

Bobby Scott, American Politician

Chance, Crime, Fight, Giving

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"My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine."

"My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine."

Laurence Housman, English Playwright

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"We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance."

"We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance."

Arthur Capper, American Politician

Chance, Now, State

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"The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another."

"The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another."

Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., American Computer Scientist

Chance, Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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"If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any."

"If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any."

Clarence Day, American Author

Chance, Children, Parents

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"Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice."

"Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice."

Trevor Brooking, American Athlete

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"I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance."

"I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance."

Adrian Edmondson, English Actor

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"Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity."

"Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity."

Democritus, Greek Philosopher

Chance, Necessity, Universe

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

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

Duke Ellington, American Musician

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"When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest."

"When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Chance, Public, Rest

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"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

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"The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong."

"The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong."

Andy Rooney, American Journalist

Chance, Right, Wrong

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"Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago."

"Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago."

Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist

Chance, Chicago, Spirit, Will

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"In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind."

"In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind."

Louis Pasteur, French Scientist

Chance, Favors, Mind, Observation

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"You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance."

"You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance."

Michelle Wie, American Athlete

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"But at some point, we've got to have disciplined play and have got to coach better. I'm not putting it on the players. We've got to coach them to tackle and block better. It's as simple as that. If we can do those things, we'll have a chance."

"But at some point, we've got to have disciplined play and have got to coach better. I'm not putting it on the players. We've got to coach them to tackle and block better. It's as simple as that. If we can do those things, we'll have a chance."

Steve Spurrier, American Coach

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"If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record."

"If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record."

Gary Cherone, American Musician

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"When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well."

"When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well."

George Shearing, British Musician

Chance, Night, Play

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