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“Germany has a very able and productive workforce. It has high-quality products that are valued all over the world. It has every opportunity to be a productive, growing state. It just has to give its entrepreneurs a chance. It has to let them make money, hire and fire, and act like entrepreneurs.”

World Giving States Able Opportunity Chance Quality Fire Growing Products Entrepreneur Making Money Germany Productive High Quality Workforce

Author:Milton Friedman

“The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.”

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Author:Viola Davis

“Teachers have to respect the privacy of students' creative life, but at the same time give them a chance to express themselves.”

Giving Chance Creative Teacher Students Privacy Creative Life

Author:Jan Brett

“Well, it's taken time to get this going, but he was right. If you give people a chance to associate themselves with a cause they care about, while buying a great product, they will. That was how the RED Campaign was born, here in Davos.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“Of course, spending time with family is always good. I love the outdoors, so if I get a chance to go out and hike or bike around, that's always great. If I don't have time to leave, just listening to some music that I love reenergizes me and gives me that break I need to go back to whatever it is I'm doing.”

Ifs Needs Giving Courses Chance Break Listening Give Me Spending Bike Just Listen Spending Time Time To Leave

Author:Anousheh Ansari

“That is much of what I think the writer's job is - to slow people down. To give them the chance to notice the passage of time as experienced by others as a reminder of what it is like to be alive. Because we are most often distracted from that. Massively distracted.”

People Thinking Giving Jobs Chance Alive Passages Reminders Distracted Passage Of Time

Author:Adam Haslett

“For me, the involvement of states in our national effort is not just because of their constitutional and legal responsibilities. It is also stems from a basic management principle. The chances of success are higher when we create a sense of participation for everyone; when we give everyone a stake in success.”

Giving States Chance Effort Responsibility Principles Higher India Management Stakes Stem Participation Governance Involvement

Author:Narendra Modi

“College education gives you the chance to earn money and live thereupon. But, umless it destroys certain illusions that are nourished by the common level of mankind, your lives will not be happy.”

Giving Certain Chance Levels Common Mankind College Illusion Educational College Education

Author:Sai Baba

“Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.”

Men Giving Games Names Chance Boys Baseball Nature Of Man Famous Baseball American Baseball

Book:Ted Williams' Hit List

Source: Ted Williams' Hit List

“Treat all men alike.... give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who is born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. Let me be a free man...free to travel... free to stop...free to work...free to choose my own teachers...free to follow the religion of my Fathers...free to think and talk and act for myself.”

“Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making progress in the wider challenge of reconciling Indigenous and other Australians.”

Giving Fall Asks Challenges Chance Progress Week Sorry Indigenous Reconciliation

Author:Malcolm Fraser

“Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.”

Giving Years Fighting Chance Crime Needed Program Minimum Offense Fists Funding Second Chance Juvenile

Author:Bobby Scott

“Give yourself another chance to make your dream a reality. Don't allow a delay to become a denial. Raise the bar on yourself, increase your determination, and explode your drive. You will fail your way to success. Everything you experience can be used to grow through...not just to go through. Make your dream happen! You deserve!”

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Author:Les Brown

“Finally there was one open-minded surgeon in the great Pennsylvania General Hospital. He said, 'Let us give this young fellow a chance.' So they let him operate.”

Giving Said Age Young Dark Chance Fellows Medical Hospitals Dark Ages Surgeons Open Minded Pennsylvania General Hospital

Author:Paul Douglas

“Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn . . . The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.”

Giving Real Country Problem Kids Black Chance Answers Race Ready Killing Burning Organize Qualified Black Power

Book:James Brown: The Godfather of Soul

Source: James Brown: The Godfather of Soul

“Give everyone a chance to have a piece of the pie. If the pie's not big enough, make a bigger pie.”

Ifs Giving Enough Bigs Chance Pieces Bigger Pie

Author:Dave Thomas

“Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.”

Needs Giving Bigs Chance Fine Give Me Dancing Pants Ants Mama Give Me A Chance

Author:James Brown

“We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.”

People Knows World Giving Years Enjoy Growth Chance Economy Standards Percent Rate Track China Determined Standards Of Living High Standards

Author:John Olver

“Chance is another name that we give to our mistakes. And all of the best things in my films are mistakes.”

Giving Film Names Chance Mistake Best Things Chances Are

Author:Robert Altman

“I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because of a check and a balance. What I believe happens all too often, regardless of which party is there's gridlock. And I think the better argument is give one party a chance, give them a chance with a House and a Senate and a president. Give them a few years to see what they can do. And if you don't like it, put another party in.”

“Sometimes God picks you up and tells you, "You've been messing around now. You're going to have to stop this, stop that, but I'll give you another chance." And you wonder why you're given another chance. It must be for something; it must be to celebrate life.”

Giving Sometimes Given Chance Wonder Picks Celebrate Another Chance Celebrate Life

Author:Martin Scorsese

“The only way a show works is you find people who you think are qualified and talented and you give them a chance to do what they do.”

People Thinking Way Giving Shows Chance Qualified

Author:Jerry Seinfeld

“The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.”

Giving Film Bits Chance Media Seasons Independent Presses Awards Longevity Independent Film

Author:Danny Boyle

“[Terry] Tussey has been my favorite gunsmith, but I'm also using other people for other things and giving other people chances because there's only so much Terry can do. He knows me to be the best shooter and the most finicky, so I'm really a pain in his ass.”

People Knows Giving Has Beens Pain Can Do Chance My Favorite Ass Being The Best Know Me Shooter

Author:Steven Seagal

“I love a character that gives me a chance to grow and do something different.”

Giving Different Character Grows Chance Give Me Give Me A Chance

Author:Halle Berry

“If somebody says what they want or what they need it gives the person the chance to say yes or no, instead of suffering in silence or depravation or whatever it is.”

Ifs Want Needs Giving Persons Suffering Chance Silence Yes Or No

Author:David Duchovny

“Obviously this stuff takes a bit of planning, but I've always been someone that sets achievable short-term goals. I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible. So I've just always been someone that's sort of reassessed where I'm at, and set goals that are realistic. And luckily, I've had plenty of chances to recalibrate and adjust, and good fortune's come my way.”

“Actors basically are the type of person that with three seconds left, we want the ball. Give us the shot to make it or miss it. We'll take the lumps if we miss it, but we want the chance to get the glory.”

Ifs Want Giving Persons Three Actors Left Chance Missing Type Glory Shots Balls Seconds Lumps

Author:Bryan Cranston

“I realized I was good at developing young people. Eventually I started to believe in young people. I think when you give a young person an opportunity, he always believes who gave him his first chance. You create a loyalty that lasts a lifetime.”

People Thinking Giving Firsts Believe Persons Lasts Young Opportunity Chance Lifetime Loyalty I Realized Developing Believe In You Always Believe

Author:Alex Ferguson

“Your birthday is a special day, May it bring you love and cheer It gives a chance for me to say, Happy birthday every year”

Giving Years May Chance Special Birthday Cheer

Author:Mary Baker Eddy

“We still dislike hypocrites. It's a very American characteristic. We still like people who have ideas and who are willing to stand up for what they believe in. We're very forgiving of failures and very willing to give people a second and third chance if they mean to do better and are sorry for what they've done.”

People Ifs Giving Believe Mean Stills Ideas Done Chance Willing Thirds Forgiving Sorry Characteristics Dislike Hypocrite

Author:David McCullough

“I always have a feeling you should move the playing field and the minute you know what you're doing, you're wrong. Therefore, I wanted us not to try to follow Spamalot immediately, but to do something different. This is perfect because it uses all the same skills, like story telling and lyric writing and music writing, but it's presenting it in a different form. And of course it gives me and John a nice chance to perform and show off which is also fun.”

“I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.”

Giving Country Mother Father Chance Give Me Grateful Mother And Father

Author:Kirk Douglas

“Giving homeless children the chance to be educated, giving them this ticket to their futures, is so wonderful. They will have the chance to not repeat the suffering of their childhoods in their own families. They can build secure and safe lives for themselves and their children.”

Giving Children Suffering Chance Wonderful Childhood Safe Educated Secure Repeats Tickets Homeless

Author:Laura Bush

“What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. ... All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone! ... Your interference is doing him positive injury.”

Giving Asks Justice Chance Legs Pity Injury Benevolence Interference

Book:The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches

Source: The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches

“Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative process. It is meaningless bustle that actually gets in the way of productivity. All we are really saying is, give peace a chance.”

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Author:Tom Hodgkinson

“Why had I been so afraid? I had not loved enough. I'd been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta...I had had all my time, all my chances. I could never do it again, never make it right. I had not loved enough...I had not passed up all my chances to give love or receive it, and I had the future, at least, to try to do better.”

Giving Trying Enough Chance Quiet Busy My Time Preparing

Author:Lorene Cary

“My audience is comprised of three categories. The first category contains the people who decide after the first five minutes that they've made a mistake and leave. The second category is the people who give the film a chance and leave annoyed after 40 minutes. The third category includes the people that watch the whole film and return to see it again. If I'm able to persuade 33% of the audience to stay, then I can say that I've succeeded.”

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Author:Peter Greenaway

“I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.”

Ifs Giving Wanted Chance Believer Get Up Opponents Wimbledon

Author:Fred Perry

“I'm not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.”

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Author:Bernard Hopkins

“I'm no heartthrob. Honestly, I am really happy that people are just giving me a chance and paying attention to what it is I have to say, because I certainly hope I have a lot more to say than I do to look at. That's more important to me.”

People Giving Looks Important Chance Attention Honestly Pay Attention Really Happy

Author:Gavin DeGraw

“The happy medium is television. And if you find a good suitor, you can do it for years. With movies, you roll the dice. If people don't show that weekend, you're doomed. TV allows you to percolate a little bit, and it gives you a chance for people to find it.”

People Ifs Giving Years Littles Shows Bits Can Do Chance Television Tvs Little Bit Mediums Weekend Doomed You Can Do It Dice Suitors

Author:Bruce Campbell

“Look. You all do things that are beautiful and magical and... and important. But me... there's gotta be more to my life than just pots and kettles. All I'm asking you is that you give me a chance.”

Giving Looks Important Beautiful Chance Give Me Asking Pot Kettles Give Me A Chance Tinkerbell

Author:Tink

“You can make startling changes you can’t even conceive of right now, if you just give yourself half a chance.”

Ifs Giving Chance Half Right Now

Book:7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness: Power Ideas from America's Foremost Business Philosopher

Source: 7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness: Power Ideas from America's Foremost Business Philosopher

“I don't have any personal challenges about throwing away the past. If you're not changing, you're giving others a chance to catch up.”

Ifs Giving Past Challenges Chance Throwing Throwing Away

Author:Pete Cashmore

“Stop trying to change someone who does not want to change. Stop giving chances to someone who abuses your forgiveness. Stop walking back to the place where your heart ran from. Stop trusting their words and ignoring their actions. Stop breaking your own heart.”

Want Giving Trying Heart Doe Action Chance Walking Abuse Ran Stop Trying Trying To Change

Author:Trent Shelton

“A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly.”

Giving Wells Opportunity Chance Worry Anxiety Crisis Times Of Crisis Anxiety And Worry

Book:Bishop Desmond Tutu, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: a collection of his recent statements in the struggle for justice in South Africa

Source: Bishop Desmond Tutu, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: a collection of his recent statements in the struggle for justice in South Africa

“All cultures have things to learn from all other cultures. Don't get stuck in your culture! Go beyond it! Get out of your aquarium; get out of your farm; get out of your castle; break your bell jar! Give chance to other cultures and to other opinions! This is the best way for you to see the insufficiencies, absurdities and stupidities in your culture!”

Way Giving Culture Chance Opinion Break Stupidity Stuck Best Way Farms Bells Absurdity Castles Jars Other Cultures Aquariums Bell Jar Insufficiency Others Opinions

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“When [Vladimir] Putin, a former lieutenant-colonel in the KGB, became Russia's president on December 31, 1999 - eight years after the failed coup attempt against (then Soviet leader Mikhail) Gorbachev, and eight years after the people had torn down the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the hated founder of the KGB, in Moscow - it was admittedly a shock. Nevertheless, I decided to give Putin a chance. He seemed dynamic and capable of learning. But I had to bury my hopes after just a few months. He proved to be an autocrat - and, because the West let him do as he pleased, he became a dictator.”

“If you take the burden of health care, of diseases off the backs of some other countries, it gives them a chance to use their own very limited resources in ways that help their people. And also there's a hopelessness associated with deadly diseases, that if that can be alleviated, people can build their own economies in their own countries and they'll be less reliant on the developed world for help.”

People Ifs World Way Giving Country Helping Use Care Chance Economy Disease Resources Burden Health Care Other Countries Hopelessness Limited Resources Deadly Diseases

Author:Laura Bush