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" Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems. "

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" We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are. "

Henry Kissinger

" Any swagger is just defense. When you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance. "

" Harness mules and oxen, but give a horse a chance to run. "

Wild Bill Hickok

" I'm a great aficionado of history. I was deeply affected by seeing the disintegration of any chance of democracy coping with fascism in the Weimar republic, where woolly-minded, well-meaning liberalism actually allowed the forces of darkness to use democracy, to exploit democracy, to overturn democracy. "

" It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it. "

" In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. "

" Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it. "

" We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet. "

" I think the harder you work, the more luck you have. "

" I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world. "

" Tinkering is a way of understanding difficult problems, of wrapping our heads around them and quantifying the unknowns. "

" Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. "

" Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been. "

" I wouldn't say that 'Wowee Zowee' was a success. We probably had a chance, had I focused a little more, to capitalize on the attention the band got for 'Crooked Rain.' "

Stephen Malkmus

" Don't listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, they'd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance. "

Michael Cudlitz

" The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for. "

" 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. "

" Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. "

" No man was ever wise by chance. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" The thing I like about college football so much is you can affect these guys a lot more when they are 18-22, 23 years old in terms of people and having a chance to be more successful. They are still a value type development, where you have a chance to help them mature a bit and help them be a little more successful in life. "

" 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. "

" I just have to take my chances like any other composer. "

" As a believer in the free market, the sooner you have people with a job - the better chance they have a job, the sooner they are employed - the sooner they become consumers. And the sooner they become consumers, the sooner they become deciders about their own health care decisions. "

Carlos Lopez-Cantera

" The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth. "

Mary McLeod Bethune

" My left foot is severely damaged from TSS, and I'm probably going to have to amputate my left leg. I could be super depressed about it, but I have been given a second chance. I'm here, and I'm living. "

" I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances. "

" I love being an anchor, as it gives you a chance to be yourself. "

Rithvik Dhanjani

" We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them. "