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" I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks. "

Billie Jean King

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" No man was ever wise by chance. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" If you know you can do it - if you can already chart every day in your future - then why bother? Choose to do something you have more trouble imagining. Take a chance. "

" 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 am finally getting the chance to build large structures and break preconceptions that my designs are just sculptures for people to be in. But my work always comes down to the human scale. "

Thomas Heatherwick

" No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none. "

Henry Kissinger

" To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions. "

" I take risks - that's my life on the slopes and off. "

" We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre. "

" Hateful words stand no chance against self-worth and a little of humor. "

" The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system. "

" 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. "

" When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ. "

" Humans having any kind of sporting chance against hostile alien invaders armed with superior technology - Good luck. If they're advanced enough to cross the enormous distances of interstellar space, they're advanced enough to wipe us out without breaking whatever in their physiology passes for a sweat. "

" Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world. "

" There's a good chance that in 40 years, after the floods, people zipping by on scavenged jetpacks with their scavenged baseball caps on backwards, I will be in my rocking chair saying bitterly, 'I remember when 'all right' was two words.' "

Elizabeth McCracken

" It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description. Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty. "

Sebastian Vettel

" As a high school dropout, I understand the value of education: A second chance at obtaining my high school diploma through the G.I. Bill led me to attend college and law school and allowed me the opportunity to serve in Congress. "

Charles B. Rangel

" My whole story is just about me having a second chance. "

" At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable. "

" 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. "

" Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned. "

Emily Dickinson

" You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all. "

" First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct. "

" Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then. "

Garrison Keillor

" Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship. "

" I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently. "

" I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life. "

" Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness. "

" Well, I think there's not much of a chance for me finding somebody of my age. Gentlemen of my age are dropping down 30 years to find girlfriends. "