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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. "

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" I have never planned my career. I chose those films with which I could relate myself. But if given a chance, I would love to do the kind of roles Meryl Streep has done. "

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" Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. "

" Taking risks gives me energy. "

Jay Chiat

Taking Risks

Chance

" Not a lot of people get a second chance. And I think for a while there, my name kind of got in my way a bit, based on all of the television I was fortunate enough to do. But after a while, you sort of wear out your welcome in that genre, in that medium. "

" In the early '70s - a very good time for children's books and their authors - editors and publishers were willing to take a chance on a new writer. They were willing and able to invest their time in nurturing writers with promise, encouraging them. "

" The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance. "

" There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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" Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing. "

" 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. "

" Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution. "

" I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin. "

" If you begin feeling beaten, you will achieve nothing. If you fight, you will perhaps have a chance of achieving something. "

" I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a cell phone. It's a very different experience, but somehow I think this form will have its own future and life. "

" You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation. "

" Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. "

" I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal. "

" Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. "

" If you get so unequal that people believe they don't have a chance, that the field isn't level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk. "

" There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. "

" The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud. "

" In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice. "

Ansel Adams

Eye

Mind

" Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp. "

Kenneth Branagh

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" The drummer is the backbone of the band and is the real underrated one. "

" When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system? "

" Medicine will be personalized and preventive: Your genome might predict that you have an 80 percent chance of breast cancer by the time you are 50, but if you take a preventive drug starting when you are 40, the chance will drop to 2 percent. "

" Psycho 11 and III say, in effect, there's no way to survive with a psychological problem. If you've got it, the law can keep you locked up because there's no chance for cure. "

" Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow. "

" I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly. "

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

" I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right. "

Paula Radcliffe

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