Give Me A Chance Quotes

• I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I've got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Creating Things, Years

  "Steve Jobs obituary" by Jack Schofield, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2011.

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• I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Golf, Play, Giving

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• If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

  Pete Rose

  Second Chance, Giving, Needs

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• Give me a chance to create a fever and I will cure any disease.

  Parmenides

  Giving, Fever, Disease

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• "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

  "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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• Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and ideas? You never even give me a chance.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Ideas, Giving

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Someone Like You”, p.165, Penguin

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• I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Money, America

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• On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I do the last draft, which gives me a chance to incorporate anything the actors have come up with during the rehearsal period, so I'm very inclusive as a writer.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Giving, Actors

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2009.

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• When I don't know the answer to something, I write a book about it because it gives me a chance to explore it and go to some people who do have the answers.

  Philip Yancey

  Book, Writing, People

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• I would be consumed by you,' she said, and blinked her eyes furiously when she felt them fill with tears. 'You would sap all the energy and all the joy from me. You would put out all the fire of my vitality.' 'Give me a chance to fan the flames of that fire,' he said, 'and to nurture your joy.

  Mary Balogh

  Eye, Flames, Fire

  Mary Balogh (2004). “Slightly Dangerous”, p.183, Delacorte Press

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• You know, there’s something when you just know you fit together. And I fit with you. I don’t care what you are, human or anything else. It’s like a need, Maddy. So please.” He stopped and looked at her desperately. Nakedly. “Give me a chance, Maddy.

  Scott Speer

  Giving, Together, Needs

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• I love a character that gives me a chance to grow and do something different.

  Halle Berry

  Character, Giving, Different

  "Halle Berry Is the Perfect Stranger". "MovieWeb" Interview, movieweb.com. April 9, 2007.

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• My director, Jesus, does not teach me to count my acts, but to do everything for love, to refuse Him nothing, to be pleased when He gives me a chance to prove to Him that I love Him - but all this in peace - in abandonment.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Love, Christian, Jesus

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• Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Mother, Fear

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.320, Courier Corporation

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• Give me a chance to be your president and America will be safer and stronger and better.

  George W. Bush

  America, Giving, President

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• I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Baseball, Kids, Games

  "Cal Ripken, Jr. Looks Back on Hall of Fame Career, Looks Forward with New Book, 'Hothead'". "On the Record" with Martha Maccallum, www.foxnews.com. June 17, 2011.

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• It took me three, four years, to get from my first film to my second film, banging on doors, trying to get people to give me a chance. Writing, struggling, with no money in the bank, working as an editor on the side. Working as a cameraman on the side. Getting little jobs, eking out a living. Trying to stay alive, and pushing a script that nobody wanted.

  George Lucas

  Jobs, Struggle, Writing

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• To see you cry wasn't my intention. just let me make it OK, just give me one more chance to say.

  Darren Mew

  Giving, Cry, Intention

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• Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.

  James Brown

  Giving, Dancing, Needs

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• I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And what I didn't do well, I thought people were going to give me the opportunity to do well, because maybe they saw my talent, so they would give me a chance. I had no idea that they would see me completely different.

  Viola Davis

  School, Opportunity, Ideas

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. February 18, 2009.

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• Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

  Zoe Saldana

  Giving, Roles, Something New

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• Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Stupid, Opportunity, Giving

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• My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.

  Wayne Brady

  Mom, Letting Go, Growing Up

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• Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.

  Liz Phair

  Skills, Giving, Essentials

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• Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best.

  Isak Dinesen

  Heart, Artist, Long

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