#chance

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old. ↗

— Billie Holiday

#dolls #had #i #kids #like

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#actress #am #because #chance #could

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#attracting #chance #desperation #good #good chance

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#best #better #chance #francis #happy

I don't get a chance to be home much. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson

#get #home #i #much

But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension. ↗

— Jacky Ickx

#back #better #brings #chances #drivers

If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#chance #disaster #discovery #each #fulfillment

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be. ↗

— Namie Amuro

#consider #had #how #i #never

It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor. ↗

— Leon Askin

#become #chances #dumont #great #life

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women. ↗

— Nancy Astor

#blame #chance #first #first time #had