His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old stories had a grain or two of truth in them and it was best not to take chances. It was why, he said, he crossed himself whenever a black cat crossed his path.
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Winners take chances. Like everyone else, they fear failing, but they refuse to let fear control them.
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The Anti-Vivisector does not deny that physiologists must make experiments and even take chances with new methods. He says that they must not seek knowledge by criminal methods, just as they must not make money by criminal methods. He does not object to Galileo dropping cannon balls from the top of the leaning tower of Pisa; but he would object to shoving off two dogs or American tourists.
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Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.
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If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances.
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Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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Hard work never killed anybody...but why take chances?
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Hard work doesn't harm anyone, but I do not want to take chances.
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