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The conventional wisdom is that authors get only one chance in this world. If your first novel doesn't sell, publishers and bookstores lose interest, and your career stalls, barring an act of God or Oprah.
Jeff Giles
Wisdom
God
World
First
Lose
Bookstores
Only
Oprah
Sell
Get
Authors
Conventional
Conventional Wisdom
Interest
Act
Your
Novel
Publishers
Career
Chance
I spent my first three weeks there on a wing with 21 murderers. I met some very evil people there but also some men who'd had no upbringing, no chance in life.
Jeffrey Archer
Life
People
Evil
Men
Three
First
Met
Spent
No Chance
Some
Some Men
Wing
Weeks
Had
Also
Very
Upbringing
Chance
I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about.
Jeffrey Hunter
Single
Air
About
Segment
Date
Writers
Never
Know
Reached
Ready
Got
October
August
July
Did
Done
Screen
Fast
Start
Chance
As an owner, you have a choice. Do you want to adopt a vision that you think is real sharp and real cutting edge and could get you from good to great - has a chance - or do you want to just say the organization is not about that, and we're not going to try to adopt a new coaching philosophy and vision.
Jeffrey Lurie
Good
Great
You
Vision
Try
Organization
Edge
Think
Philosophy
Say
About
Adopt
Could
Sharp
New
Real
Get
Owner
Going
Just
Want
Cutting
Cutting Edge
Choice
Coaching
Chance
The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.
Jeffrey Osborne
Love
Respect
Singing
Beauty
Meet
Athletes
Mutual
Mutual Respect
Got
Anthem
Years
Chance
Everyone wants to be paid well - I know that I certainly do. But there are lots of other satisfactions that we get from our work. To feel needed. To feel accomplishment. To believe that our work matters. Being a lawyer gives you a rare chance to experience that kind of success.
Jeffrey Toobin
Success
Work
You
Experience
Rare
Lawyer
Matters
Believe
Other
Everyone
Our
Kind
Gives
Feel
Know
Well
Accomplishment
Lots
Get
Being
Wants
Paid
Certainly
Chance
Needed
As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable income.
Jennifer Armintrout
Buy
Business
Opportunity
Diversity
White
Our
Must
Promoting
Points
Ally
Readers
Bloggers
Authors
Stop
Disposable
Income
Chance
My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an icon. I had one chance to pass along that name.
Jennifer Grant
Son
Generation
Father
Nice
Something
Had
Name
Along
Know
Likely
Him
Pass
His
Icon
Grandfather
Who
Chance
I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with her and hang out with her.
Jennifer Holliday
Time
Great
Late
Spend
Out
Some
Miss
Know
Privileged
Get
Did
Hang
James
Her
Chance
I don't get a chance to be home much.
Jennifer Hudson
Home
Get
Much
Chance
With Asian-Americans actors, specifically, there's been fewer opportunities for them in TV and film and fewer that have the ability to actually make a career out of it. It becomes a bit of a chicken and egg situation, where they're like, 'Oh, but they're not famous names,' but they haven't had a chance to be in anything yet, either.
Jenny Han
Opportunities
Situation
Bit
Out
TV
TV And Film
Ability
Had
Like
Names
Make
Becomes
Been
Chicken
Egg
Fewer
Oh
Famous
Where
Anything
Either
Them
Film
Actor
Specifically
Actually
Career
Chance
Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about the more atrocious things. By going really far afield into a completely fake world, maybe there's a chance to make things resonant somehow - or in this case, truly terrifying. To make it as bad as the real stuff that's happening.
Jenny Holzer
Life
World
Think
Enough
Resonant
Bad
About
Seem
Somehow
Case
Something
Atrocious
More
Stuff
Well
Make
Terrifying
Fake
Real
Truly
Trying
Going
Maybe
Moved
Happening
Far
Really
Things
Chance
Oh, I collect facts and quotes when I can't write, and I can't write most of the time. I do a little chance operation sometimes where I flip through outdated reference books to see if anything will strike me as beautiful or momentous. Library roulette, I call it.
Jenny Offill
Beautiful
Time
Me
Library
Sometimes
Will
Strike
Books
Collect
Outdated
See
Through
Write
Facts
Most
Call
Operation
Reference
Oh
Where
Anything
Quotes
Little
Flip
Momentous
Roulette
Chance
I think as a 20-year-old you expect life to always be easy. You get given a good hand and the chance to race in Formula One. You think the driver can make the difference, can make up for everything else within the team. But that is not the case. You are racing in such a competitive sport so that doesn't happen.
Jenson Button
Life
Good
You
Think
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Easy
Case
Given
Driver
Sport
Make
Make Up
Within
Always
Hand
Up
Expect
Get
Difference
Happen
Formula
Formula One
Race
Racing
Team
Competitive
Chance
You can be the best actor in the world, but if you don't have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesn't matter. There are a lot of amazing actors who will never get the chance to prove themselves because they won't have that one lucky moment.
Jeremy Irvine
Best
You
World
Amazing
Matter
Will
Kind
Never
Because
Prove
Lot
Get
Themselves
Moment
Who
Lucky
Actor
Chance
I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a role for me because we wanted the chance to work together.
Jeri Ryan
Work
Good
Me
Together
Films
Add
Enough
Way
Out
Seeking
Miramax
Genre
Because
Came
Role
Just
Wanted
Work Together
Chance
When I get up in the morning, I look forward to the games and I'm just buzzing. At the end of the day, if you are nervous or scared before games, you are not going to perform. I just go out there and think, 'If I get a chance, I'm going to score' and that's it.
Jermain Defoe
Day
Morning
You
End Of The Day
Nervous
Before
Think
Out
Scared
Perform
Look
Go
Score
End
Up
Get
Going
Just
Games
Forward
Chance
Buzzing
I've seen a lot of real out-of-line attitudes since I have been in the WWF and those people are still there or are getting a second or third chance or something like that.
Jerry Lawler
People
Seen
Those
Something
Since
Attitudes
Like
WWF
Real
Still
Been
Lot
Getting
Second
Chance
Third
When the purse strings tighten up at museums, the institutions usually cut back and cancel shows. That's exactly the wrong reaction. In fact, now is a good time for them to loosen up - a chance to breathe and experiment a little - and go for the juicy solution lurking in their own basements.
Jerry Saltz
Time
Good
Good Time
Own
Experiment
Back
Strings
Solution
Exactly
Fact
Purse
Wrong
Institutions
Reaction
Tighten
Loosen
Go
Juicy
Up
Cancel
In Fact
Little
Them
Breathe
Cut
Shows
Now
Lurking
Chance
Museums
I would say if you want to write, write what you care about. I think that's the most important thing. I think if you write what you care about, you stand a better chance of having the reader care about your story.
Jerry Spinelli
You
Better
Care
Important
Think
Say
Would
About
Having
Better Chance
Write
Most
Most Important Thing
Reader
Important Thing
The Most Important
Want
Story
Stand
Your
Thing
Chance
In every operation, there's a risk, and you don't know whether it's gonna... you know, obviously there's that 95% chance, whatever they say, they can never say 100% you're gonna be better. But the concern and the worry is the worst thing.
Jess Glynne
You
Better
Whatever
Every
Worry
Say
Worst
Worst Thing
Risk
Never
Know
Concern
Obviously
Operation
Whether
Gonna
They Say
Thing
Chance
I feel like I owe Juilliard everything... coming from Kentucky at age 17, having a school like that giving me a chance. And if you can't afford it, you can get a scholarship.
Jess Weixler
Me
You
Age
School
Giving
Everything
Having
Scholarship
Feel
Like
Coming
Juilliard
Owe
Afford
Get
Kentucky
Chance
If I get the chance to be philanthropic, I want to help kids and teachers.
Jesse L. Martin
Kids
Get
Want
Teachers
Help
Chance
Philanthropic
It's always good to have great players around you. You have to battle for your place, and it makes you more hungry on the training pitch, and you know, when you get your chance, you have to take it.
Jesse Lingard
Good
Great
You
Battle
Training
Hungry
More
Take
Know
Around
Makes
Always
Get
Pitch
Place
Your
Players
Chance
I have always wanted to play for United, and when I got my chance, I knew I had to take it no matter what, so you go out with no pressure.
Jesse Lingard
You
Matter
Pressure
Out
No Pressure
Take
Had
Knew
Always
Got
Go
Wanted
United
Play
Chance
The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.
Jesse Metcalfe
You
Try
Secret
Someone
Glare
Know
Without
Celebrities
Get
Want
Public
Scrutiny
Reason
Many
Keep
Things
Chance
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