Read quote““Gambling,” says Painter Graham Sutherland, “is awfully like painting. However much you know about painting there’s always the gamble as to whether that actual physical touch will do what you want it to.””
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About Chance
Randomness, coincidence, probability, and the role of the unforeseen.
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Words on Chance
Read quote“Nunca se puede decir quién será campeón, el fútbol no es nada exacto, matemático, ni invariable.”
Read quote“You never know when the song that can change your life is coming.”
Read quote“Basically, it revolves around daydreaming, taking advantage of random opportunities.”
Read quote“You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
Read quote“It was a bit of an unplanned journey. We never sat down and said, “Okay, here’s what we’re going to do, we’re going to conquer the world.””
Read quote“There is a 60-40 chance that I will turn professional.”
Read quote“Yet this was not a “lucky hit”—a fine run across the ocean in calm weather.”
Read quote“In Tetris you try to build something, to put the order in the scales of random pieces.”
Read quote“Minha existência poderia ter ficado encoberta pelas muitas montanhas que encobrem as Minas Gerais se, um dia, uma trupe de circo não tivesse passado por lá.”
Read quote“Nothing was planned, it just happened.”