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“The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be hidden, not shared; where competition, not co-operation, is the order of the day; where men sacrifice the possibility of knowing their own children and sharing in their upbringing, for the sake of a job they may have chosen by chance, which may not suit them and which in many cases dominates their lives to the exclusion of much else.”

Men World May Children Jobs Order Chance Cases Knowing Doubt Sacrifice Possibility Competition Sake Chosen Confusion Suits Operations Vulnerability Upbringing Exclusion Bleak

Author:Anna Ford

“There's no doubt that there will be many trials and tribulations along the way in taming space for the benefit of all, unmasking its truths and using the boundless resources available to us. Taking a chance allows us to seek new horizons -- and we all benefit from being horizon hunters.”

Way Chance Space Doubt Benefits Resources Available Trials No Doubt Horizon Hunters Boundless Tribulation Trials And Tribulations Taming New Horizons Unmasking

Author:Buzz Aldrin

“The four most dangerous words in finance are 'this time is different.' Thanks to this masterpiece by Carmen Reinhart at the University of Maryland and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard, no one can doubt this again. . . . The authors have put an immense amount of work into collecting the data financial institutions needed if they were to have any chance of making quantitative risk management work.”

“There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.”

Should Reason Use Chance Doubt Reason Why No Doubt No Reason Providence

Book:Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

“Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.”

Persons Names Chance Doubt No Doubt Providence Chances Are Pious Nicknames Retorts

Book:The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

Source: The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

“I still want to play in it, maybe when I absolutely think I have no chance of playing in it my view might change but I doubt it because it just doesn't interest me.”

Thinking Want Stills Play Might Interest Change Chance Views Doubt

Author:Margaret Thatcher