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Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance. -- David Morrissey
Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage. -- Harold Prince
It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.' -- Patina Miller
The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine. -- Wendy O. Williams
If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance. -- Peter Benchley
An athlete gets paid a lot of money. And someone who is after that, a thief, a mugger or someone who steals from people, they are taking a chance with the law that if they get caught, they are going to jail or face some other problem. In my case, you are going to get shot. -- Luke Scott
Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.' -- Drew Barrymore
Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
But you can't get to the place you most want to be without taking a chance. -- Susane Colasanti
For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable. -- Steve Backley
It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. -- Ronald Reagan
You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you. -- N. K. Jemisin
Back in 1987 when they drafted me. The Indians were the only team interested in taking a chance on Albert Belle, and I made the most of it. Hopefully, they got as much from me as I got from them. -- Albert Belle
I've always felt that if something is polarizing, that's usually the stuff I like the most. If something is taking a chance and is willing to be weird, that's my favorite thing. I know there's somebody out there who hates it. -- Andy Samberg
Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In fact, these are probably the best possible conditions under which to pray.) Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up. -- Anne Lamott
I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically. -- Gavin DeGraw
Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances. -- Irving Azoff
For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you've had is high cholesterol, what you're doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes. -- Eric Topol
I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them. -- Kevin Costner
For me, I believe comedy's about taking risks, taking chances, working in a safe environment where you're comfortable making a fool of yourself. It's so critical, especially in comedy, to just have all those right pieces in place. -- Michael Spiller
The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable. -- Terri Clark
I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone else during that time. And if you do have a partner, you need a couple years to rehearse that relationship. -- Gail Sheehy
We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right. -- Roger Mahony
It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas. -- Dwyane Wade
I saw this movie 'The Right Stuff' when I was in college, and it really rekindled my interest in being an astronaut. I started taking those steps, and then I realized it would be the chance of a lifetime. It would be a dream life: not just a job, but the whole life. -- Michael J. Massimino
I'm all about taking chances. You have to ask yourself, if you're not taking any chances, are you actually even living? Every time you walk out of your door and you're out in the world, you take a chance on not coming back. That is the danger and the dynamic of being alive. -- CeeLo Green
If you're a successful woman, chances are that you spend a ton of time working. You're probably on your email a lot, taking phone calls and going on regular business trips that don't involve your man. He can start to feel left out of a very important and very time-consuming part of your life. -- Patti Stanger
When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting. -- Ice T
I can live with losing, I can't live without taking my chance. -- Andre Agassi
I took a chance with my heart and I feel it taking over -- Drake
The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking...Is Where It's Taking Her! -- Frances Mayes
Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Some part of getting a second chance is taking responsibility for the mess you made in the first place. -- Jack Bauer
Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow. -- Wil Wheaton
Stay in the middle,don't get pushed to the side,every chance that's worth taking,is a chance worth the fight -- Hillary Clinton
There's more chance of me flying Concorde to the moon blindfolded than there is of you taking Wales to the World Cup. -- Robbie Savage
We are taking a greater chance of having another crash at a time when the world is less capable of bearing the cost. -- Raghuram Rajan
This is what I love about the Kimberley... wild gorges, fresh water and there's always a chance of a barra taking your lure. -- Malcolm Douglas
To be invisible, paint yourself with the direct shade of zero. Leave nothing to chance, by taking nothing with you wherever you go. -- Jarod Kintz
What is luck? It is not only chance, it is also creating the opportunity, recognizing it when it is there, and taking it when it comes. -- Natasha Josefowitz
In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on. -- Brian Michael Bendis
Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. -- Neil Simon
And we danced, and we drankAnd I've seen something you probably never got the chance to seeDon't worry, MaryCause I'm taking care of DannyAnd he's taking care of me -- Dido Armstrong
After taking risk into account, do more managers than you'd see by chance outperform with persistence? Virtually every economist who studied this question answers with a resounding 'no.' -- Eugene Fama

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