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" A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. "

James A. Garfield

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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. "

Carol Ann Duffy

" It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment. "

" Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks. "

Waylon Jennings

" My left foot is severely damaged from TSS, and I'm probably going to have to amputate my left leg. I could be super depressed about it, but I have been given a second chance. I'm here, and I'm living. "

" Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. "

" I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances. "

" I play knowing that there is somebody watching me out there in the crowd that has never had the opportunity to watch a game before and it might be the only chance they ever to see one, live in person. Michael Jordan once said that in an interview, and I really took it to heart; whenever I step on the floor, I play for that person. "

" Number one - and I want you to emblaze this on your brain - you only have one chance to make a first impression. "

" Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place. "

" I've seen a lot of poverty - coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance to have a decent quality of life. I believe we can do a lot greater than that. "

" I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time. "

" I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin. "

" Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough. "

" From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance. "

Christopher Morley

" The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud. "

" 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

" I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much. "

" Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur. Once bitten by a German shepherd, I knew that I preferred cats, even if they are bird-killers. Life is long enough for more than one chance at a rare bird. "

James D. Watson

" Being a start-up has nothing to do with the numbers. It's that everyone who works there has the chance to do everything and have an impact. "

" On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my visit to Ferguson. I had the chance to meet with the family of Michael Brown. I spoke to them not just as attorney general but as a father of a teenage son myself. "

" 'Liberal Fascism' is less an expose of left-wing hypocrisy than a chance to exact political revenge. Yet, the title of his book aside, what distinguishes Goldberg from the Sean Hannitys and Michael Savages is a witty intelligence that deals in ideas as well as insults - no mean feat in the nasty world of the culture wars. "

" I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame. "

Dennis Eckersley

" As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout the world offered predictions on who would win medals in the major sports. Not a single publication gave the American men's hockey team a chance against the world powers. "

" I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? "

" It takes one person to give you a big chance. "

Patricia Velasquez

" You can lay in bed and think you don't stand a chance, that's what all of us thought, and here we are. We ended up doing all right. "

Louis Tomlinson

" I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. "

" 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. "

" There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there by chance. "

" Sometimes you have to stop to think, regroup and regather yourself and realize how lucky you are to still be living and to still be breathing and still be able to even have a chance. "