"The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility."
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"As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them."
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"Don't leave a 'good time' to chance. Experiences have to be woven with care and planning, like a tapestry."
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"The chance of war Is equal, and the slayer oft is slain."
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"I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance."
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"My favorite pitch to hit is the hanging curveball. Usually if you just put your swing on it and it's hanging up there, there's a good chance it's going to go pretty far."
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"Human beings have their great chance in the novel."
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"To know that there's a good chance that this is something that could potentially be around well after I leave this planet... it's a good feeling."
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"Nothing in this world happens by chance"
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"One of my favorite guys was Ronnie Lott. I had and have such tremendous respect for him that when I finally got a chance to coach him, I couldn't get enough of uncovering and understanding what made him tick and what made him be who he was."
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"A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only to consider whether in doing anything he or she is doing right or wrong- acting the part of a good person or a bad person."
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"Chance is a second master."
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"Choices not chance determine your destiny."
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"Also, I could finally sleep. And this was the real gift, because when you cannot sleep, you cannot get yourself out of the ditch--there's not a chance."
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"Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That [kissing her co-stars]s not in my contract!"
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"There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change."
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"If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue."
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"With social media, you have the chance to be the Lutherans that Luther imagined."
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"Writing gave me a second chance - not to change things, but to savor them. That is a great gift."
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"The light works," he said, indicating the window, "the gravity works," he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. "Anything else we have to take our chances with."
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