Holding women to the idea of ‘write what you know’ subtly reinforces the status quo. Writing is a chance to celebrate who we are. But it’s also a chance to celebrate who we could be.
The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.
At the age of six, I declared that I wanted to be an astronaut. My mother thought that was just fine, as it would encourage me to learn science, and besides, there really was no chance I would ever actually become an astronaut.
Dad never misses a chance to remind me that whenever we are travelling together, if 100 people mob him for autographs, five approach me.
The people of New York took a big chance on me. And I’m well aware of that.
Whenever I have a chance to wake up and be alive, I always thank God for that, and for me, all the rest is a bonus.
A rematch is one of those things that will always be there when you remove a champion, and it’s something you definitely need to give them – that chance for a rematch. That’s the only way to do it.
As a sports fan, I like the one-and-done playoff setups of the NFL and NCAA, but a best-of-seven gives the favorite a much better chance of prevailing in the end.
I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
If you’re low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn’t seem entirely fair.
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
Trouble is part of your life – if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.
As a kid, what brought me in the gym, what got me in there every day was a chance to break your personal best, a chance to be strong; I just really, really dig that.
In a game, you never know what chance you’re going to get, so I try and cover all bases and make sure I’m ready for that chance when it comes.
Hopefully, I can play both sides of the fence. That’s probably what winning the Oscar gives me, the chance to do something with a studio and do other things that I really want to do.
‘Pacific Rim,’ for me, was a chance to touch on those old Toho monster movies. ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Rodan’… and then ‘Ultraman’ and ‘Robotech’ and all those kinds of things.
If you are not able to do something, that is true for the present, not for the future. All the time there’s a chance to go a step further. Not to be frustrated.
I had a long period of writing what I think of as ‘save the world’ novels. ‘Fledgling’ was a chance to play.
Empathy is a skill like any other human skill – and if you get a chance to practice, you can get better at it.
It’s my official role to represent BTS to the world, and it’s been a chance for me to mature as a person, but behind the scenes, I’m just one of seven members, and I’m inspired by the others all the time.
My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.
I’ve always just kind of prided myself on just taking the ball and just trying to give your team a chance to win, and I really don’t try to make it any more complicated than that.
Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can’t assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.
Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity – seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don’t let them in?
Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success.
