Chance Quotes - Page 39

• Photography has a natural affinity for the strategies of surrealism - the exaltation of chance and eros, the exploration of obsession and the release of the unconscious.

  Douglas McCulloh

  Photography, Exaltation, Obsession

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• Your faith will not grow by chance, but by choice.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Choices, Grows

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• You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them.

  Dylan Moran

  Writing, Thinking, Differences

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• Without a doubt, absolutely, a woman will be a president, and probably sooner rather than later. I am excited about that, and if what I did serves as a steppingstone for another woman down the course, I am very grateful to have had that chance.

  Michele Bachmann

  Grateful, Doubt, President

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• Becoming a bird ecologist was just luck! I had the chance to be a field assistant for a scientist working in the Galapagos Islands, and while I was there, I saw a particular problem in behavioral biology that I wanted to solve and, in the process, made myself into a bird ecologist.

  David J. Anderson

  Islands, Bird, Luck

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• This fathering is a man's second chance at living.

  Angelo Patri

  Men, Second Chance, Fathering

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• I don't care what color your hair is, if you're pale or tan, if you have makeup on or just woke up all I care about is that when I look at you, you always look back and see me. You're beautiful inside and out and if you wanted to tattoo all that pretty white skin from head to toe I would be honored to put it there for you but if not I'll take you all smooth and milky white any chance I get.

  Jay Crownover

  Tattoo, Beautiful, Makeup

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• You may say that things happen just by chance, but I don't feel that way.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  May, Way, Feels

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• [Walt] Whitman and [humanist educator John] Dewey tried to substitute hope for knowledge. They wanted to put shared utopian dreams - dreams of an ideally decent and civilized society - in the place of knowledge of God's Will, Moral Law, the Laws of History, or the Facts of Science.... As long as we have a functioning political left, we still have a chance to achieve our country, to make it the country of Whitman's and Dewey's dreams.

  Richard Rorty

  Dream, Country, Law

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• I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin 'em and I just beat 'em every time I can. I want to make 'em sharp.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Boys, Skins, Ems

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• As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything.

  Mike Gordon

  Long, Get Better, Records

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• Probably means there's a good chance. Possibly means we might or we might not.

  Will Smith

  Mean, Might, Pursuit

  "Fictional character: Christopher Gardner". "The Pursuit of Happyness", www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• But everyone has a chance. Every big guy started off small.

  John Gokongwei

  Guy, Bigs, Big Guys

  "Get inspired: The John Gokongwei Story". Entrepreneur Philippines Interview, www.entrepreneur.com.ph. December 20, 2011.

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• Always say how you feel because you never know if you'll get the chance again.

  Kid Cudi

  How You Feel, Feels, Knows

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• Leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. it is not just about you. It's all about them.... everyone deserves a chance.... you can never let yourself be a victim.

  Jack Welch

  Helping Others, People, Succeed

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• No one ever told us we had to study our lives,make of our lives a study, as if learning natural historyor music, that we should beginwith the simple exercises firstand slowly go on tryingthe hard ones, practicing till strengthand accuracy became one with the daringto leap into transcendence, take the chance of breaking down in the wild arpeggioor faulting the full sentence of the fugue.

  Adrienne Rich

  Exercise, Simple, Goes On

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• I think if you're doing alcohol and drugs, the chances of you surviving this kind of a pace are next to nothing. I live an extremely healthy life.

  Meredith Brooks

  Thinking, Alcohol, Drug

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• I like the communication and trust that comes from a long-term relationship. When you really know people as musicians and as people, you feel you can really count on them. That frees you to take more chances and ... it takes the music to a higher level. It translates into a better product for audiences. There are two levels to these relationships. The first level is being with guys for the first few years, you're getting used to guys - he's got this to offer, he's got that to offer, I don't like this, I do like this. You both praise them and are critical as you get to know one another.

  Dave Liebman

  Communication, Years, Two

  "David Liebman: No categories, no compromises". Interview With Doug Fischer, ottawacitizen.com. April 18, 2008.

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• For me, above all, my stances on global warming are a product of my love for the weather. There is no goal for me. It's about having another chance to do what I was made to do. And somehow, when I'm with people who I sense have the same ideas, it makes me stronger and more able to run toward what I was made for.

  Joe Bastardi

  Running, Weather, Ideas

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• I tend to prefer the band thing. I think playing solo is good for about 45 minutes. I remember when I was on my solo tour that I got a chance to play with Martin Stephenson of the Daintees. He's now refashioned himself as almost a delta blues guitar player and he's got all the technique, all the persona and the charisma on stage. I think I do too, but I'm more of a first position strummer guy with a little bit of filigree work. I could listen to him for hours; I could listen to myself playing solo for about half an hour!

  Bill Mallonee

  Player, Thinking, Guitar

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• Anytime I get to be around the fans it's always a good time, especially during Music Fest. CMA puts together an event that allows artists to make that personal connection with the fans and it's wonderful. I look at it as our chance to give back to them and let them know we appreciate their support.

  Billy Currington

  Artist, Giving, Appreciate

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• I dream of a peaceful world. Music is the best means I have to work on that dream. Each time I have the opportunity to play, it is another chance to tell the truth. Life on the planet has come down to such an acute degree of ADD it is terrifying. We are constantly being bombarded from all directions with information - most of it useless that serves to bifurcate the mind. I am afraid that people are going to go from birth to death and never know they were here or why they were here.

  Charles Lloyd

  Dream, Mean, Opportunity

  "A Fireside Chat With Charles Lloyd". All About Jazz Interview, www.allaboutjazz.com. May 17, 2004.

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• I think it's because we're not purists, we're open to all kinds of music. We're not afraid to take chances and we work really hard, and we gig relentlessly, we've been very active in the studio, we're active with the record labels that we have. So I think it's like a full-on assault. We've stalled in many different directions and it kept us in the limelight for so many years.

  Ali Shirazinia

  Thinking, Years, Different

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• Boost Mobile RockCorps is providing the chance and motivation to get our youth interested in volunteering. I usually hear about older people volunteering, but this movement is something new that is encouraging the youth to become involved. It's really a chance for them to come together through caring more about their community, which is so important for these kids to learn early on. I think it's crucial to instill a sense of pride in the community and this is a great way for our youth to do that.

  Fat Joe

  Motivation, Kids, Pride

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• The people I've met -- obviously, the people I'm going to meet after concerts are people that bother to hang around and there's going to be more of a chance of things translating to them because they're going to take more time over it, if they're going to wait around to meet us. But so far, it does seem as if things written down are translating into people actually buying it, that kind of way.

  James Dean Bradfield

  People, Waiting, Doe

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