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" The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for. "
Will Cuppy
Purpose
Becoming
Chance
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" Medicine will be personalized and preventive: Your genome might predict that you have an 80 percent chance of breast cancer by the time you are 50, but if you take a preventive drug starting when you are 40, the chance will drop to 2 percent. "
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" When I get the chance to make my favorite breakfast on the weekend, I often choose to make pancakes. "
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" You might not trust me. Please give me a chance and time. I will prove myself for all of you. "
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" You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice. "
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" I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing. "
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" I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening. "
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" Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new. "
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" I don't know why I survived Iraq and I don't know why I made it home, but I do know that this is my second chance at life and I can do whatever I want now. "
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" I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds. "
Bela Lugosi
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" If you go around being afraid, you're never going to enjoy life. You have only one chance, so you've got to have fun. "
Lindsey Vonn
" I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances. "
Carmen Electra
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" I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a cell phone. It's a very different experience, but somehow I think this form will have its own future and life. "
Wong Kar-wai
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Think
Future
" I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. "
Stephen Hawking
Long
Think
Enough
" Nobody could have predicted the effect of John Bonham's drum introduction on 'Good Times, Bad Times,' because no matter what he'd played in before, he'd never had the chance to flex his muscles and play like John Bonham. "
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" The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck. "
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" I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America. "
Glenn Beck
Day
Chance
Celebrate
" America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life. "
George W. Bush
America
Prison
Path
" Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance. "
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Babies
Hold
You
" Money is often a matter of chance or good fortune and is not the mark of a successful life. It is not the thing that brings a throb of pleasure or a thrill into my life. And I would not pose as a successful man if that were to be the measure. "
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Money
" I got this second chance at life, and I live it. "
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" Not many players would turn down a chance to play for Real Madrid and Barcelona, as they're right at the top the tree in terms of football. "
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Chance
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" Instagram has a faster chance of reaching me than CNN, and if I really want to know what's going on, I refresh my Twitter feed. "
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" I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I grew up watching those guys and often wondered early on in my career if I would ever have the chance to play for the Atlanta Braves, and there it was. God kind of answered my prayers. "
Tim Hudson
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" With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve. "
Kate Middleton
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" It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. "
Jean Nidetch
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Choice
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" People are always asking for the latest developments in the unification of this theory with that theory, and they don't give us a chance to tell them anything about one of the theories that we know pretty well. They always want to know things that we don't know. "
Richard P. Feynman
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Want
Always
" Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion. "
Julia Glass
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" I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country. "
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" In my 20s, life seemed endless. At 49, I've had a chance to see how dark life can be, and I am far more aware of the constraints of time than when I wrote 'The Kite Runner.' I realise there is only a limited number of things I can do. "
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" 'Swan Lake' was my favourite piece of music when I was younger, and I never had a chance to skate to it. "
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