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If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
Lance Armstrong
Keywords: ability :: about :: all :: and :: but :: can :: children :: choice :: emotionally :: fight :: from :: give :: have :: hell :: hope :: if :: ignore :: is :: it :: learn :: like :: maybe :: medically :: odds :: options :: or :: other :: percentages :: the :: them :: then :: there :: think :: to :: two :: up :: we :: what :: when :: youSubject: Biking Quotes :: Cancer QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
It may be my rather puritanical upbringing at odds with my inborn laziness that makes me feel guilty at the end of the day, unless I am able to point at some achievement. But this need be no more impressive than cooking a meal or going for a long walk.
Ian McKellen
Keywords: able :: achievement :: am :: at :: be :: but :: cooking :: day :: end :: feel :: for :: going :: guilty :: impressive :: inborn :: it :: laziness :: long :: makes :: may :: me :: meal :: more :: my :: need :: no :: odds :: of :: or :: point :: puritanical :: rather :: some :: than :: that :: the :: this :: to :: unless :: upbringing :: walk :: withSource: imdb.com
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[on winning the Oscar despite low pre-award expectations] "Vegas had me at 12-to-1 odds. I sure do wish I had bet on myself and made a little money."
Marcia Gay Harden
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In Hollywood if you`re good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you`re short and fat, it`s a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already.
John Corbett
Keywords: already :: and :: are :: as :: being :: but :: different :: done :: fat :: good :: great :: half :: have :: hollywood :: if :: in :: is :: it :: job :: leading :: like :: long :: look :: looking :: man :: nice :: odds :: of :: okay :: re :: short :: skin :: story :: successful :: tall :: teeth :: the :: type :: you :: yourSource: imdb.com
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Some people think elections are a game: who`s up or who`s down. It`s about our country. It`s about our kids` future. It`s about all of us together. Some of us put ourselves out there and do this against some difficult odds. We do it, each one of us, again...
Hillary Clinton
Keywords: about :: against :: all :: and :: are :: country :: diffic :: difficult :: do :: down :: each :: elections :: future :: game :: it :: kids :: odds :: of :: one :: or :: our :: ourselves :: out :: people :: put :: some :: there :: think :: this :: together :: up :: us :: we :: whoSource: imdb.com
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[On being in the cast of "The Sopranos" (1999) and a member of Bruce Springsteen`s E Street Band] "I am having the experience two times in my life of doing something that makes New Jersey fashionable. What are the odds on that?"
Steve Van Zandt
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[On being enrolled into acting classes by his parents when he was a teen] "I liked it instantly. Aside from being one of only three boys in a class of 20 girls - the odds were fantastic - I felt I was good at it, it was creative. I had been encouraged by ...
Adrien Brody
Keywords: 20 :: acting :: aside :: at :: been :: being :: boys :: by :: class :: classes :: creative :: encouraged :: enrolled :: fantastic :: felt :: from :: girls :: good :: had :: he :: his :: in :: instantly :: into :: it :: liked :: my :: odds :: of :: on :: one :: only :: parents :: teen :: the :: three :: was :: were :: whenSource: imdb.com
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Nothing in this world can take the place of devotion. Talent won`t. Genius can`t. Drive, determination, a gentle heart and the will to conquer the odds are some powerful forces.
Grand Bush
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John Wayne had enormous appeal for the public, but I did not find him appealing in the least. I think my charms were lost on him too. He was going through marital problems, which kept him in a bad humor all the time. Duke was at odds with the director and...
Patricia Neal
Keywords: all :: and :: appeal :: appealing :: at :: bad :: but :: charms :: coul :: did :: director :: duke :: enormous :: find :: for :: going :: had :: he :: him :: humor :: in :: john :: kept :: least :: lost :: marital :: my :: not :: odds :: on :: problems :: public :: the :: think :: through :: time :: too :: was :: wayne :: were :: which :: withSource: imdb.com
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My favourite film-maker west of the English Channel is not English - but to me doesn`t seem American either - David Lynch - a curious American-European film-maker. He has - against odds - achieved what we want to achieve here. He takes great risks with a ...
Peter Greenaway
Keywords: achieve :: achieved :: against :: american :: but :: channel :: curious :: david :: doesn :: either :: english :: european :: favourite :: film :: great :: has :: he :: here :: is :: lynch :: maker :: me :: my :: not :: odds :: of :: perso :: risks :: seem :: strong :: takes :: the :: to :: want :: we :: west :: what :: withSource: imdb.com
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The odds are so against you... They make like 50 pilots. Of the 50 there are parts for you in 20, and of those 20 there are 1000 guys auditioning for those 20 parts and 10 of them go to names, and of those pilots five go to air and one survives past the f...
Jonathan Togo
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The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his mother or his wife or God, to give him that confidence. He`s got to have some inner standards worth fighting for or there won`t b...
Clark Gable
Keywords: against :: an :: and :: are :: be :: confidence :: fighting :: for :: give :: god :: got :: has :: have :: he :: him :: himself :: his :: hope :: in :: inner :: man :: mother :: needs :: odds :: or :: pal :: some :: somebody :: sometimes :: standards :: that :: the :: there :: things :: to :: wife :: won :: worthSource: imdb.com
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To a Pop Idol contestant: "Let me throw a mathematical dilemma at you - there`s 500 left, well how come the odds of you winning are a million to one?"
Simon Cowell
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You shouldn`t have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it`s baseball or it`s horses. You can`t beat the horses. You can`t beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.
George Steinbrenner
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the que...
Garth Ennis
Keywords: against :: and :: anywhere :: before :: book :: but :: chance :: dare :: did :: died :: doing :: eagles :: go :: had :: have :: idea :: impossible :: it :: just :: kind :: know :: maybe :: mission :: odds :: of :: originally :: out :: questi :: really :: some :: sort :: the :: then :: think :: to :: was :: where :: with :: youSource: brainyquote.com
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You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.
Alexandre Galley
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You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.
Alexandre Galley
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When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.
Desi Arnaz
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When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds.
Camryn Manheim
Keywords: able :: an :: and :: are :: articulate :: being :: confidence :: deeply :: for :: have :: how :: in :: large :: love :: meet :: odds :: of :: overcome :: really :: so :: such :: them :: they :: this :: to :: unbelievable :: understanding :: walk :: when :: who :: with :: women :: worldSource: brainyquote.com
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When I began to drive Formula I in the 1970`s, the odds of surviving was 7 to 1. Incredible high risks. The odds of surviving now are like 800 to one.
Emerson Fittipaldi
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When I began to drive Formula I in the 1970`s, the odds of surviving was 7 to 1. Incredible high risks. The odds of surviving now are like 800 to one.
Emerson Fittipaldi
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What we found is that the signal is so bold and big, that you don`t have to do any fancy statistics to beat it out of the data. It`s just there, bang. And the odds are exceedingly good that the model did not trick us with this signal.
Tim Barnett
Keywords: and :: any :: are :: bang :: beat :: big :: bold :: data :: did :: do :: don :: exceedingly :: fancy :: found :: good :: have :: is :: it :: just :: model :: not :: odds :: of :: out :: signal :: so :: statistics :: that :: the :: there :: this :: to :: trick :: us :: we :: what :: with :: youSource: thinkexist.com
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Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested.
Richard Branson
Keywords: able :: against :: all :: anybody :: are :: around :: attempt :: attempting :: balloon :: balloons :: be :: because :: being :: cannot :: craft :: effectively :: experimental :: first :: fly :: flying :: go :: in :: must :: odds :: of :: on :: tested :: the :: these :: to :: us :: well :: who :: worldSource: brainyquote.com
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We`ve got to achieve consolidation and some level of reduction of capacity. The odds are greater than they ever have been.
James May
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We train one-quarter of the commercial pilots in the United States, so when we heard about this tragedy we knew the odds were good one of pilots would be involved. It turns out maybe some that were not authorized to fly were also pilots.
Bob Ross
Keywords: about :: also :: authorized :: be :: commercial :: fly :: good :: heard :: in :: involved :: it :: knew :: maybe :: not :: odds :: of :: one :: out :: pilots :: quarter :: so :: some :: states :: that :: the :: this :: to :: tragedy :: train :: turns :: united :: we :: were :: when :: wouldSource: thinkexist.com
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We still think that the bigger 50 basis points move is the odds on favorite judging by the current strength of the euro,
David Brown
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We know these particular groups have been at odds,
Mike Johnson
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We all knew there was just one way to improve our odds for survival: train, train, train. Sometimes, if your training is properly intense it will kill you. More often -- much, much more often -- it will save your life.
Richard Marcinko
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To nourish children and raise then against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.
Marilyn French
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To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.
Marilyn French
