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Chance Quotes

"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

13

"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

13

"Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful."

"Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful."

Ric Ocasek, American Musician

13

"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

13

"All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else."

"All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else."

Mae West, American Actress

13

"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

13

"Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!"

"Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!"

Davy Crockett, American Explorer

13

"I think either Robert Blake wither pulled the trigger or hired someone to do it, but it will be a tough case to prove. I think there's a very good chance he may take the stand, and that's what I'm waiting for."

"I think either Robert Blake wither pulled the trigger or hired someone to do it, but it will be a tough case to prove. I think there's a very good chance he may take the stand, and that's what I'm waiting for."

Catherine Crier, American Journalist

Chance, May, Waiting, Will

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve."

"The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve."

Joe Henderson, American Athlete

Chance, First, Running

13

"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

13

"Give luck a chance to happen."

"Give luck a chance to happen."

Tom Kite, American Athlete

13

"I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be."

"I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

13

"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

13

"I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living."

"I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living."

Shelley Fabares, American Actress

Chance, Dying, Living

13

"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

12

"Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well!"

"Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well!"

Christine Lahti, American Actress

Chance, Eye, Job, Sense

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"Alabama farmers want a chance to complete fairly in Japan, but they can't if the Japanese won't let us in."

"Alabama farmers want a chance to complete fairly in Japan, but they can't if the Japanese won't let us in."

Mike Rogers, American Politician

12

"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

12

"I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment."

"I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment."

Andrew Jackson, American President

12

"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

12

"I think the University of Texas has the chance to become the finest public university in the country."

"I think the University of Texas has the chance to become the finest public university in the country."

Tom Hicks, American Businessman

Chance, Country, Public, University

12

"I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

"I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

Arnold Palmer, American Athlete

12

"The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail."

"The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail."

Elliot Richardson, American Lawyer

Chance, Conviction, First, Presidency

12

"Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing."

"Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

12

"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

12

"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

12

"Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material."

"Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material."

Ed Pastor, American Politician

Chance, Country, Recycling

12

"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

12

"I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that."

"I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that."

Barry Levinson, American Director

Chance, Television

12

"You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones."

"You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones."

Bill Wyman, British Musician

12

"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

12

"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."

"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."

William Odom, American Soldier

12

"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

12

"We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA."

"We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

Chance, Earth, Exploration, Space

11

"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

11

"Black Rock gives us all a chance to heal, to become ourselves."

"Black Rock gives us all a chance to heal, to become ourselves."

Larry Harvey, American Celebrity

11

"I say if you're going to take a chance on something, you just go full balls to the wall."

"I say if you're going to take a chance on something, you just go full balls to the wall."

Toby Keith, American Musician

11

"If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors."

"If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors."

George Brett, American Athlete

11

"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

11

"I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about."

"I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about."

Jeffrey Hunter, American Actor

Chance, July, October, Writers

11

"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

11

"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

11

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