"Sometimes we laugh to keep from crying, but the important thing is to laugh, every chance we get."
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"I'd like to see as many sports as I can because I have never had the chance to enjoy the other sports in the past."
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"Most people talk as if Miami and Bangladesh still have a chance of surviving: most of the scientists I spoke with assume we'll lose them within the century, even if we stop burning fossil fuel in the next decade."
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"I decided to pick the diet that I thought would maximize my chances of long-term survival."
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"I'm a big comedy nerd, so I'm always looking for the chance to be funny."
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"As a movie actor, once you've become known, you're observed all the time so you don't get the chance to observe anymore. You still get a taste of life but it's not quite the same and there's something to be said for a more anonymous life."
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"Was I the only person who was distracted by this future without a chance?"
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"there's no chance at all: we are all trapped by a singular fate."
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"I suppose the advocates of unreason think that there is a better chance of profitably deceiving the populace if they keep it in a state of effervescence."
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"Failure comes when you don’t listen. You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great. It’s up to us to make sure we’re listening to improve our chances for success-if not this time, next time."
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"The most important work I got a chance to be involved in, no matter what I do, is the personal computer... I even knew not to get married until later because I was so obsessed with it. That's my life's work."
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"La chose la plus importante a' toute la vie est le choix du me tier: le hasard en dispose. The most important thing in life is to choose a profession: chance arranges for that."
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"This is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy."
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"We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them."
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"Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better"
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"I had a marriage that I came to in the same way everybody else comes to a marriage. We all take chances when we get married."
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"Error itself may be happy chance."
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"I always love directing because it gives me a chance to be with everyone 24/7."
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"I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily."
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"When you go for something because you're curious about it, you get psyched up about the chance of getting into it. It's like an actor meets a role, and you slip into that body and see what happens, to experience certain conditions, to adopt a certain character. Even shooting is a study of the character. I think both the character and the actor, and eventually the filmmaker - myself - are finding a way to accept their environment and being accepted and feel comfortable of themselves."
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