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The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.

The chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.

The chances of running out of yarn on a project are directly related to the difficulty that you will have getting more.

The chance of a criminal getting caught, is only slightly better than getting hit by lightning.

The chances of your being harmed by terrorists are mathematically minute. The chance of your being robbed by your own government? That's easy: 100 per cent.

The chance that any given sentence is a lie, rather than a truth, I think, is fairly great. An intentional lie, a self-deception, a misconception - there are lots of categories of untruth, not one grab bag. And hotographs can reveal something to us, and they can also conceal things.

The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping pace With the headlong human race

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.

The chance of war Is equal, and the slayer oft is slain.

The chances of you winning are the same as the chances of HELL freezing over.

The chance to be a general manager in major-league baseball and for a franchise as storied as this one, probably as storied as the Giants, is great.

The chance to go to the postseason, it's hard to pass up.

The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'

The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for.

The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel

The circle of the return to birth can only remain open, but this is a chance, a sign of life, and a wound.

The coaches are working with me every day. And if you feel like the coach is behind you, you'll take some chances.?

The company you keep at death is, of all things, most dependent on chance.

The conflict between what one is and who one is expected to be touches all of us. And sometimes, rather than reach for what one could be, we choose the comfort of the failed role, preferring to be the victim of circumstance, the person who didn't have a chance.

The cool thing about being best friends is that you can make big plans even if there's only a slim chance in hell that they'll ever happen.

The cream of enjoyment in this life is always impromptu. The chance walk; the unexpected visit; the unpremeditated journey; the unsought conversation or acquaintance.

The emotionally mature individual should completely accept the fact that we live in a world of probability and chance, where there are not, nor probably ever will be, any absolute certainties, and should realize that it is not at all horrible, indeed—such a probabilistic, uncertain world.

The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

The debate was a chance for senator [Bernie] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum going into 2016 and he took his best shot at having a moment.

The dice of God are always loaded.

The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful, as far as who they choose for their film and what they're known for and staying in the genre because they know what works.

The Financial Times is a wonderful publication, as is the Wall Street Journal and many others. But the new generation is consuming media fundamentally differently. At Business Insider, we have the chance to embrace that whole-heartedly. We do not have a print legacy, digital is not our second business behind a newspaper. It is our only one.

The fact is that I like thrillers and action movies. But what really fulfills me is getting out of my comfort zone, taking chances.

The fewer limitations the artist imposes on his work, the less chance he has for artistic success.

The freedom of America is the freedom to live your own life and take your own chances.

The fruition of beauty is no chance of hit or miss... it is inevitable as life.

The future is a world limited by ourselves; in it we discover only what concerns us and, sometimes, by chance, what interests those whom we love the most.

The good news - and it is largely good news - is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark

The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was not a washroom. They were not sent there for a shower. For those people, life was still achievable.

The good thing about being stuck at the airport for an extra hour, is that it gives you a chance to give weary travelers surprise massages.

The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.

The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.

The greater the lie, the greater the chance that it will be believed.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.

The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

The hope we have in Christ is an absolute certainty. We can be sure that the place Christ is preparing for us will be ready when we arrive, because with Him nothing is left to chance. Everything He promised He will deliver.

The hostile multitudes are vast as spaceWhat chance is there that all should be subdued? Let but this angry mind be overthrownAnd every foe is then and there destroyed

The impossibility of conceiving that this grand and wondrous universe, with our conscious selves, arose through chance, seems to me the chief argument for 
the existence of God.

The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped for dealing with the unknown. The unlearned have often rushed in where the learned feared to tread, and it is the credulous who are tempted to attempt the impossible. They know not whither they are going, and give chance a chance.

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.

The landscape of my days appears to be composed, like mountainous regions, of varied materials heaped up pell-mell. There I see my nature, itself composite, made up of equal parts of instinct and training. Here and there protrude the granite peaks of the inevitable, but all about is rubble from the landslips of chance.

The Jews deserved to die. I have no regrets. If I had the chance I would do it again.

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.