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" Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been. "
Arthur Ransome
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" It's not about failure; it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal. "
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" In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball. "
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" The intense media coverage of today's campus shootings presents a double edged sword. On the one hand, it gives us a chance to think about and reflect on the causes; on the other hand, in a very small minority of unstable minds, the repeated telling of the stories can be interpreted as glamorous. "
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" It can be a grind, training and fighting and waiting for your chance. But when that opportunity presents itself, you have to be ready because you never know if or when you'll get another shot. "
Tyron Woodley
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" You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it. "
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" The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice! "
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Choice
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" The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance. "
Aaron Sorkin
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" Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself. "
John Sununu
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" Harness mules and oxen, but give a horse a chance to run. "
Wild Bill Hickok
Give
Mules
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" My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.' "
Demetri Martin
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" You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them. "
Michael J. Fox
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Kind
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" Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. "
Dale Carnegie
Take
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" If it wasn't for John Peel, there would be no Joy Division and no New Order. He was one of the few people to give bands that played alternative music a chance to get heard, and he continued to be a champion of cutting-edge music throughout his life. "
Bernard Sumner
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New
" Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. "
Tony Blair
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Democracy
Law
" I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense. "
Sharon Bolton
Way
Chance
Judge
" While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful. "
H. G. Wells
World
Will
Man
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Want
" Nobody could have predicted the effect of John Bonham's drum introduction on 'Good Times, Bad Times,' because no matter what he'd played in before, he'd never had the chance to flex his muscles and play like John Bonham. "
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Play
" Standing on the apex of our planet is humbling. I'm starved of oxygen, depleted of reserves, unable to eat, and bound by anxiety. This is a dangerous place. Yet the symbolism of standing on top of the world gives me a chance to experience time on a cosmic scale. "
Conrad Anker
Experience
Time
World
" All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride. "
W. Edwards Deming
Pride
Chance
Work
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Stephen Leacock
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" Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me. "
Zig Ziglar
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Me
" I keep my inner circle of people very small and tight, and I like to relax if I get a chance. "
Dean Ambrose
Small
People
Circle
" Number one - and I want you to emblaze this on your brain - you only have one chance to make a first impression. "
Judy Sheindlin
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Want
Brain
" I can wear a sexy dress to any red carpet event. My wedding is my chance to go all the way and wear a princess silhouette. "
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Sexy
I Can
Dress
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" Now, I have always believed that women are not victims; we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace - all we need is a fighting chance. "
Hillary Clinton
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