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" Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about. "

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" Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe. "

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" I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome. "

" It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it. "

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" Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life. "

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" The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance. "

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" Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance. "

" Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context. "

" Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together. "

" It's difficult for democracy to function properly under the most favorable circumstances, but it has no chance at all when millions of voters are divorced from objective reality and incapable of understanding what is going on in Washington. "

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" If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs. "

" 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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" And when I was saying I want to become number one of the world and I was 7, 8 years old, most of the people were laughing to me. Because you know, it seemed like I have one percent chances to do that. And I've done it. "

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Saying

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Petra Nemcova

Love

Live

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