Nas
Rapper, Songwriter
"If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers..."
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Chance
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Sri Aurobindo
Philosopher, Poet, Politician
"When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence."
Marcel Proust
Novelist
"When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest."
J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them."
Lil Wayne
Rapper, Musician
"Nobody gives you a chance, you got to take chances."
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"Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge."
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"The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life."
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"My observation of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know, and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such beings."
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"Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune."
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"The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal."
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"I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis."
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"This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance."
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"Chance encounters are what keep us going."
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"Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck."
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"Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already."
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"Le plus beau vêtement qui puisse habiller une femme, ce sont les bras de l'homme qu'elle aime. Mais, pour celles qui n'ont pas eu la chance de trouver ce bonheur, je suis là."
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"Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act."
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"It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity."
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"I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed."
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"If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way."
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"Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity."
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"Improvisation is too good to leave to chance."
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"It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance."
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"If I should ever by chance grow richI'll buy Codham, Cockridden, and Childerditch,Roses, Pyrgo, and Lapwater,And let them all to my eldest daughter."
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"The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero."
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