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" Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive character, and this is what people respond to, I believe. "

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" The Classics are those books which constitute a treasured experience for those who have read and loved them; but they remain just as rich an experience for those who reserve the chance to read them for when they are in the best condition to enjoy them. "

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" There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do. "

" Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting. "

" When you have a deadline, or when you know that your equipment is about to go up in a rocket and you won't have another chance to fix it, your mind works in a way that it otherwise never would. "

" It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts. "

" When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance. "

" I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough. "

" There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that. "

" There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere. "

" My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. "

" The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures. "

Saint Ignatius

Attention

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" 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. "

" I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting. "

" Many premature babies are never given a chance to make it out of the hospital. "

" When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey. After what I did in Brooklyn, he could have forgotten about me and who would blame him? But he gave me another chance and I'm grateful. "

" Sometimes it takes an injury to get your chance. "

" If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances. "

Rob Lowe

You

Chance

" Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot. "

" A Bar Mitzvah is the time in his life when a Jewish boy realizes he has a better chance of owning a team than playing for one. "

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

" I think people who are not rich can be extremely happy. And I think the chances to be happy in this new world - with many more opportunities to be creative, to be online, to educate yourself - there'll be a lot more chances to be happy. It's not to say everyone will take them, but there will be a lot of new paths to opportunity. "

" We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy. "

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

" All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride. "

" 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

Chance

" From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me. "

" One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation. "

" I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly. "

" 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. "

" You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world. "