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" When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. "

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" If you don't have the good fortune to work a lot then you take any job you get offered, whether it's a good job, fun job, a bad job, horrible job, whatever, you just take what you need to take. But I'm lucky in that - at the moment anyway and hopefully forever, but who knows - I get the chance to pick jobs for the kick of it and the fun. "

" 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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" 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. "

" All these other creatures have an equal right to exist here. We have no prior rights to the Earth than anybody else, and if they're here, let's give them a chance to survive. "

" It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. "

" I spent two summers working at Camp Curry and at Yosemite Lodge as a waiter. It gave me a chance to really be there every day - to hike up to Vernal Falls or Nevada Falls. It just took me really deep into it. Yosemite claimed me. "

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" I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. "

" Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish. "

" A complaint is a chance to turn a customer into a lifelong friend. I say that seriously, not as some press release baloney. "

Richard Branson

" My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance. "

" Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game. "

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" When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!' "

" No man was ever wise by chance. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

" 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 don't have to be a believer in Jesus Christ to be a gracious individual and understand that everybody messes up and that most are looking for a second chance. "

" What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing. "

" Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. "

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" Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. "

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Florence Kelley

" I must learn to love the fool in me - the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. "

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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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" Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's, I mean. "