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"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

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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

32

"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

32

"At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary."

"At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Chance, Honor, Killing

32

"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

32

"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

32

"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

31

"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

31

"One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance."

"One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian Musician

31

"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

31

"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

31

"The Jews deserved to die. I have no regrets. If I had the chance I would do it again."

"The Jews deserved to die. I have no regrets. If I had the chance I would do it again."

Alois Brunner, Austrian Criminal

31

"With hindsight, we see that the Soviet Union never had a chance of world domination, but we didn't know that then."

"With hindsight, we see that the Soviet Union never had a chance of world domination, but we didn't know that then."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

Chance, Hindsight, World

31

"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

31

"The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone."

"The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

Chance, End, Spirit

31

"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

31

"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

31

"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

31

"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

30

"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

30

"If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance."

"If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

30

"If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance."

"If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance."

Anne Bradstreet, American Poet

30

"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

30

"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

30

"I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid."

"I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid."

Brian May, English Musician

30

"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

30

"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

29

"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

29

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

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

Eric Dickerson, American Athlete

29

"We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. It gave us a chance to ad lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad libbing could be sliced from the final product."

"We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. It gave us a chance to ad lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad libbing could be sliced from the final product."

Bing Crosby, American Musician

29

"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

29

"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

29

"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

29

"For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with."

"For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Chance, Rights, Shadows, Tyranny

29

"Give luck a chance to happen."

"Give luck a chance to happen."

Tom Kite, American Athlete

29

"In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment."

"In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment."

Florence Kelley, American Activist

Chance, Man, Order

29

"Psycho 11 and III say, in effect, there's no way to survive with a psychological problem. If you've got it, the law can keep you locked up because there's no chance for cure."

"Psycho 11 and III say, in effect, there's no way to survive with a psychological problem. If you've got it, the law can keep you locked up because there's no chance for cure."

Joseph Stefano, American Writer

Chance, Cure, Effect, Law

28

"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."

"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."

Constantine Karamanlis, Greek Leader

Chance, Personality, Will

28

"I cry every chance I get."

"I cry every chance I get."

Richard Gere, American Actor

28

"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

28

"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

28

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for: it is a thing to be achieved."

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for: it is a thing to be achieved."

William Jennings Bryant, American Politician

Chance, Choice, Destiny

28

"It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die."

"It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die."

S. I. Hayakawa, American Politician

28

"He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things."

"He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things."

George Savile, English Politician

Chance, Nothing, Will

28

"Today, comics is one of the very few forms of mass communication in which individual voices still have a chance to be heard."

"Today, comics is one of the very few forms of mass communication in which individual voices still have a chance to be heard."

Scott McCloud, American Cartoonist

Chance, Communication, Today

28

"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

28

"Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery."

"Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery."

Ed Wood, American Director

Chance, Military, Mystery

28

"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

27

"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

27

"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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