“Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait - in somebody's outer anything for a chance to make it through their inner doors to prove that you could type two words a minute, or not drool on your blouse while answering difficult questions about your middle initial and date of birth.” PeopleMadeTwoJobsWaitingDifficultWorkChanceDoorsMiddleMinutesTypeMonthsBirthProveSixLike MeExpertsSix MonthsInitialsHurryingDifficult QuestionsBlousesLooking For A Job Book:Mama Day: A Novel Source: Mama Day: A Novel
“Surely no man can reflect, without wonder upon the vicissitudes of human life arising from causes in the highest degree accidental and trifling. If you trace the necessary concatenation of human events a very little way back, you may perhaps discover that a person's very going in or out of a door has been the means of coloring with misery or happiness the remaining current of his life.” IfsMenWayHumansMayMeanLittlesPersonsHas BeensCausesChanceWonderDoorsEventsDegreesHighestMiseryCurrentsHuman LifeTriflingVicissitudes Author:Sir Fulke Greville
“Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.” SometimesChancePlayerDoorsLuck Author:Bernard Baruch
“There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob that won't turn, a door that sticks and never budges, is a nuisance to the gods. The gods may kick in the jamb. Worse, they may walk away in disgust, leaving us to hang dumbly from our tight hinges, deprived of any other chance in life to swing open into unnecessary risk and thus into enchantment.” FeelsMayTurnsChanceWalksDestinyRiskDoorsSticksLeavingKicksSwingsDisgustingUnnecessaryFistsDeprivedEnchantmentHingesNuisanceKnobsChances In Life Author:Tom Robbins
“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.” PeopleGivingWritingTryingYearsFirstsLittlesWantedJobsFilmThreeSidesChanceStruggleFourAliveDoorsGive MeScriptsPushingEditorsFour YearsNo MoneyStaying AliveBangingCameramanGive Me A Chance Author:George Lucas
“If you give me the chance and give me your vote I will protect America from the wars that are being brought to our door step.” IfsGivingWarAmericaChanceStepsDoorsProtectVoteGive Me Author:Chris Christie
“Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.” IfsWayWantNeedsCan DoChanceMillionsDoorsFeetWhat You WantCan Do SomethingWedges Author:Pauline Kael
“There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a chance to even get their foot in the door.” PeopleGivenChanceDoorsFeetDeafOverlookedDeafnessGiven A Chance Author:Marlee Matlin