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" You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation. "
Roger Maris
Home
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Chance
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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. "
Joseph Stefano
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Chance
Law
" For me, if God blessed me with that one great hit, I'm satisfied. But I've still got a lot in me, and I'd still like to get out there and tell a lot more stories cinematically. And God willing, I'll get the chance to do that. "
Steven Seagal
God
Tell
Great
" It gives me a chance to explore so many dynamics - that's what we actors dream of doing. So, I love playing the villain. "
Angela Robinson
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Me
Chance
" We do have to ask ourselves as a culture, what do we want to be? You know, what are our founding values? And if we are a society where everybody should have that fair shot and get a second chance, then we should take the necessary steps to implement that and make it a reality. "
Valerie Jarrett
Reality
Culture
Chance
" Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in? "
Mandy Patinkin
Saying
Justice
Freedom
" The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West. "
Jack Ma
Perception
Chance
People
" When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience? "
Al Pacino
Opportunity
You
Audience
" I have the freedom to take chances, to say no. I have the freedom to be who I really want to be, rather than have to conform to this or that just to stay alive. "
Robert Redford
Alive
Stay
Freedom
" I've told myself I have a chance to make history, and that's my focus. "
Jordan Spieth
Myself
Make
Focus
" It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas. "
Dwyane Wade
Now
Chance
Ideas
" President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation. "
Eliot Spitzer
Fear
Doing The Right Thing
Work
" A poem gives me a chance to have an encounter with a feeling, with an experience, with a wish, with an idea. "
Tracy K. Smith
Feeling
Chance
Experience
" Every human heart cries and yearns for the same thing: a chance to fulfill his or her own dreams and desires. Even the poorest man has a dream. "
Myles Munroe
Dream
Chance
Own
" David Robinson chose to stay at Navy. He talked about commitment, loyalty and values. I wonder how many of us would choose these virtues rather than the chance of becoming a millionaire, especially if you were a college sophomore when you had to make that choice. "
Mario Cuomo
Chance
Loyalty
Commitment
" When my father passed away, he had his organs donated. In that painful moment, I was deeply comforted knowing that my father would be able to give others a second chance at life. That is why I encourage everyone to sign up to be a donor. "
John Perez
Chance
Life
Father
" Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance. "
Condoleezza Rice
Peace
Chance
Best
" Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. "
Franz Liszt
Too Late
Missing
Late
" One of the reasons you take a role is because it's something you always wanted to do, from going to the movies as a kid. I always wanted to do a 1950s movie, for example. And I got a chance to be in 'Peggy Sue Got Married.' I would have taken only one line of dialogue to be in that. "
Catherine Hicks
Always
Line
Kid
" I eat at In-N-Out Burger every chance I get. "
Robin Wright
Every
Eat
Chance
" I used to sneak up to the 8th floor and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing 'Saturday Night Live' and could only wonder if I would ever have the chance to be funny. It took me five years to go up the two stories, but it is such a sense of fulfillment to be able to show what I can do on national television. "
Dana Carvey
Saturday
Me
Chance
" Falling in love, romance, matters of the heart - when you fall in love, on some biochemical level you know there is a chance it won't work out. It's ingrained in us that if you take such an enormous risk on someone with your heart that it might not pay off. I gamble all my chips and I might actually lose everything. "
Rachael Taylor
Fall
Romantic
Love
" Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then. "
Garrison Keillor
Good
Rain
Thankful
" Because of my success in the private sector, I had the chance to run America's largest city for 12 years, governing in the wake of its greatest tragedy. "
Michael Bloomberg
America
Run
City
" I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb. "
Sandra Oh
Myself
World
Story
" We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. "
Harrison Ford
Second Chance
Changes
Chance
" I must learn to love the fool in me - the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. "
Theodore Isaac Rubin
Promises
Chance
Hurt
" It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen. "
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Never
Want
You
" All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "
Aristotle
Habit
Passion
Nature
" In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. "
Tom Clancy
You
Man
Risks
" If you are living a life that feels right to you, if you're willing to take creative chances or a creative path that feels like it's mostly in keeping with your sensibilities, you know, aesthetic and artistic, then that's what matters. "
Tracy Chapman
Know
Life
Path