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“Imitation both unconscious and conscious is par excellence the educational method of the family. It is plain that a considerable part of the adaptation of living beings to their environment, i.e., of beings that are born plastic, is passed on from generation to generation through imitation. Were this not so, much if not all of the road traversed by one generation would have to be travelled by the next generation from the very beginning and without short-cuts. Consequently there would be little chance for the novel adaptation, the propitious individual variation, that constitutes progress.”

“By helping others, we make ourselves better, and by helping others heal, we heal ourselves. I think we can do that on an individual level and a worldwide level. I hope people have a chance to give that a little bit of thought.”

People Thinking Giving Littles Helping Individual Bits Can Do Chance Levels Little Bit Helping Others Heal

Author:Charles Martin Smith

“I think that if I have a chance to go back, why not just go back all the way in history to the times of the pyramids or the Roman days? I think there are so many great historic times until now that I would like to get a little peek of those periods, rather than just 1984. Why limit yourself?”

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Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I'm enjoying everything in my life, but I think the element of surprise in show business is what makes us really love it, because one day you're sitting by the phone waiting to do something or not doing anything, and the next day you've got the chance of a lifetime. Those little phone calls don't come up so often, but when they come up, it's fantastic.”

Thinking Littles Shows Next Waiting Enjoy Chance One Day Elements Sitting Surprise Lifetime Phones Come Up Fantastic Next Day Show Business Phone Calls Element Of Surprise

Author:Elton John

“It took me three, four years, to get from my first film to my second film, banging on doors, trying to get people to give me a chance. Writing, struggling, with no money in the bank, working as an editor on the side. Working as a cameraman on the side. Getting little jobs, eking out a living. Trying to stay alive, and pushing a script that nobody wanted.”

“Gettting to know your characters is so much more important than plotting. Working out every detail of your story in advance, especially when you don't yet know your main characters, always seems a little too much like playing God. You're working out your characters' lives, their destiny, before they've had a chance to discover who they are and what kind of people they want to be.”

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Author:Alexander Gordon Smith

“When your goal is to build people up, to make them feel better, to share in their joy, you too reap the rewards of their positive feelings. The next time you have the chance to correct someone, even if their facts are a little off, resist the temptation. Instead, ask yourself, "What do I really want out of this interaction?" Chances are, what you want is a peaceful interaction where all parties leave feeling good. Each time you resist 'being right,' and instead choose kindness, you'll notice a peaceful feeling within.”

Source: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

“I'm used to being crazy and "rock-n-rolly", which is a little different than this world. For me, it was a chance to stretch a little bit.”

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Author:Jack Black

“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.”

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Author:Bruce Campbell

“The blacks have their parties, hustle a little liquor, get some things together, and I used to play for those peoples. They'd come get me on time, but they wouldn't bring me back on time... Done picked cotton all day, play all night long, then pick cotton all day the next day before I could get a chance to sleep.”

Littles Long Done Play Together Used Night Next Chance Sleep Party Picks Next Day All Night Liquor Hustle Cotton

Author:Muddy Waters

“The White House is saying Donald Trump has 'zero percent chance' of being elected. Isn't that a little high?”

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Author:David Letterman

“When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a little irritation - 'In the field of observation in science, fortune only favours the prepared mind.' It is not by chance that it is always the great scientists who have the luck.”

Mind Littles Chance Fields Achievement Scientist Luck Fortune Prepared Observation Favour Irritation Great Achievement Great Scientist Pasteur

Book:The Unnatural Nature of Science

Source: The Unnatural Nature of Science

“Well I liked the mixture actually. It's really good fun to have throughout a shoot to move from something which is quite character based in certain scenes where there's very little action and you're just working with actors and I suppose I've had quite a lot of practice at that. This is more action than I've had a chance to do so that was fun for me too to go into the action then and have some really good crew working with me. And sometimes you get these scenes where they blend.”

Wells Littles Sometimes Character Action Moving Certain Actors Fun Chance Practice Scene Crew Mixtures Good Fun

Author:Oliver Parker

“Once the day's work starts there is little chance to walk, to ride or to take part in a game. Taking walks or rides early in the morning is a lonesome business, and the inevitable Secret Service guard when the president leaves the White House grounds is not enlivening company.”

Littles Games House President Chance White Walks Secret Company Morning Inevitable White House Lonesome Secret Service

Book:Memoirs: The Cabinet and the Presidency, 1920-1933

Source: Memoirs: The Cabinet and the Presidency, 1920-1933

“It seems like my whole life I've been this little Canadian kid dreaming somebody would give me a chance.”

Giving Littles Whole Dream Seems Kids Chance Give Me Whole Life Give Me A Chance

Author:Steve Nash