“Le mec qui a inventé la chance ne devait pas beaucoup ou beaucoup en avoir”

— Matthieu_595595

la chance est un sourir à la croyance, ce n'est pas un hasard

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Laughed at by time, tricked by circumstances,
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“Art loves chance, and chance loves art.”

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“Emphatically yes. The process of living is a game of chance. To avoid chance is insanity.””

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“However small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there.”

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“Those who deny chance. — 'No victor believes in chance.”

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“Skill is a function of chance. It’s an intuitive best-use of chance situations.”

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