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" Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing. "

Honore de Balzac

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" Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much. "

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

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" When I was I kid, there were so many different things that I wanted to be. As an actor, I get a chance to be all of those things, at least for a couple of days, which is fun. "

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" Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! "

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