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Chance Quotes

"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

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"Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few."

"Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few."

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Novelist

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"But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group."

"But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group."

Gordon Parks, American Photographer

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"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

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"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

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"No man was ever wise by chance."

"No man was ever wise by chance."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman

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"We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate."

"We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"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

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"Still, we view that old material very much like we view the new material so if this gives us a chance to go out and promote it then, yes we will go out and do that."

"Still, we view that old material very much like we view the new material so if this gives us a chance to go out and promote it then, yes we will go out and do that."

Geoff Downes, English Musician

Chance, Old, Will

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"I cry every chance I get."

"I cry every chance I get."

Richard Gere, American Actor

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"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

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"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

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"If a man will make a purchase of a chance he must abide by the consequences."

"If a man will make a purchase of a chance he must abide by the consequences."

Richard Richards, American Astronaut

Chance, Consequences, Man, Will

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"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

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"Chance is a name for our ignorance."

"Chance is a name for our ignorance."

Leslie Stephen, English Author

Chance, Ignorance, Name

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"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

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"There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before."

"There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before."

Dave Brubeck, American Musician

Chance, Mistakes, Order, Play

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"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

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"Revie said there was nothing between me and Ray yet he never gave me a chance to show what I could do."

"Revie said there was nothing between me and Ray yet he never gave me a chance to show what I could do."

Peter Shilton, English Athlete

Chance, Nothing

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"I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across."

"I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across."

Dana Fox, American Writer

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"Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned."

"Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Chance, Fortune, Luck, Smile

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"Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been."

"Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been."

Arthur Ransome, British Author

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"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"

"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"

Bobby Knight, American Coach

Chance, Giving, Now, Talk

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"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

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"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

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"When the right chance to love comes in hand, you have not to let it go, It might be the last chance you would've been waiting for and when it's gone, you will never see it again."

"When the right chance to love comes in hand, you have not to let it go, It might be the last chance you would've been waiting for and when it's gone, you will never see it again."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Chance, Love, Opportunity, Loss

"He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it."

"He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Chance, Man, Reason, Taste

"It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture."

"It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture."

Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist

"We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison."

"We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Chance, Memory, Poison

"We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them."

"We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them."

Brit Hume, American Journalist

"One way to express the answer is that it might happen by 'chance'. But 'chance' is just a word expressing ignorance. It means 'determined by some as yet unknown, or unspecified, means'."

"One way to express the answer is that it might happen by 'chance'. But 'chance' is just a word expressing ignorance. It means 'determined by some as yet unknown, or unspecified, means'."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Chance, Fate, Ignorance, Science

"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

"What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible."

"What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Chance, Fate, Irony, Hope

"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence."

"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Chance, Luck, Knowledge, Life, Curiosity

"All people have one chance, if there is possibility of other life. It's again one chance your knowledge from the knees up to the head is reset like the games."

"All people have one chance, if there is possibility of other life. It's again one chance your knowledge from the knees up to the head is reset like the games."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Chance, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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