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" 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. "
Gene Robinson
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" At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Trajectories aren't linear. Life's just a roller coaster. If you're getting a chance to do cool stuff, and it's varied stuff, just enjoy it. I guess I'm a believer in the randomness of life rather than it being a linear trajectory or an arc, a consistent smooth arc, towards anything. "
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" Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. "
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" 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. "
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" The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud. "
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" Honestly, I'm on the road so much that I never really get a chance to go to baseball games. "
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" Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success. "
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" 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. "
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" I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time. "
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" If you go around being afraid, you're never going to enjoy life. You have only one chance, so you've got to have fun. "
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" In my 20s, life seemed endless. At 49, I've had a chance to see how dark life can be, and I am far more aware of the constraints of time than when I wrote 'The Kite Runner.' I realise there is only a limited number of things I can do. "
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" If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. "
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" I don't go to a psychiatrist. I don't go to a gym. I run away from my accountant, I run away from my dentist. They are all supposed to help you, but I like to stay in bed, where I have a chance to reflect, like Rossellini. "
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" I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life. "
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" I keep my inner circle of people very small and tight, and I like to relax if I get a chance. "
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" When I started off riding, you dream about being champion jockey. Then I wanted to be champion jockey again. Then I wanted to ride 200 winners in a season. Then, when there was a chance of riding more winners than Richard Dunwoody, that was my goal. "
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" St Paul, in his second letter to Corinth, spells this out further in the important eighth and ninth chapters, where he urges some of the Christian communities to be generous to others so that they may also have the chance to be generous in return. "
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" From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world. "
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