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I'd aspired to give people a profound education - to teach them something substantial. But the data was at odds with this idea.
Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds.
I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.
Clive Owen would be a fantastic James Bond. Any man who does it will have to weigh his odds - whether he can get in and get out.
Luca Changretta's not someone you want to be at odds with. It's a fantastic opportunity for me, and he's a fascinating character.
When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.
There have always been women who were successful against the odds. Now we need to change the odds so more women can be successful.
Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds.
There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fall - we will know that we have lived.
It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity.
When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.
Who can't relate to a story of a dreamer who, against all odds, is going to make something of himself that is completely unexpected?
To know that the odds are so high that only through the perishing of your life will the minions survive, that's love. That's heroism.
Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society.
I knew Lee Harvey Oswald, and I knew Jack Kennedy. The odds against that-one person knowing all four of those men-must be astounding.
Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding.
The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.
There was a time when I was not able to speak properly because of my medical condition. But I managed to fight against all those odds.
Giving Papa time to think, as Arty put it, was like pumping random rounds into a fireworks factory. The odds favored dramatic results.
I came from a very poor background. I came from children's homes; I came from a violent family, and against all the odds, I succeeded.
You take a fraction of reality and expand on it. It's very seldom totally at odds with the facts. It's shaving a piece of reality off.
Tenacity is not about avoiding being overwhelmed but being indomitable in the face of the overwhelming odds of your venture's failure.
It is by all odds the loftiest of cities. It even managed to reach the highest point in the sky at the lowest moment of the depression.
... the human soul, beaten down, overwhelmed, faced by complete failure and ruin, can still rise up against unbearable odds and triumph.
I think everything about my life is magical. I've struggled, and against most odds, I'm truly having the experience of living my dreams.
I've always been impressed that we are here, surviving, because of the indomitable courage of quite small people against impossible odds.
Poor children in Baltimore face even worse odds than low-income kids elsewhere, mostly because they remain in impoverished neighborhoods.
I thought bringing those two [Taylor Sheridan and David Mackenzie] together, odds are you're going to come up with something pretty good.
Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space. And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face.
I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.
In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture.
You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you.
If I could make Panther tough, mysterious, wily, and often at odds with his 'Avengers' comrades, that was a character I'd find interesting.
Sculpture may be almost anything: a monument, a statue, an old coin, a bas-relief, a portrait bust, a lifelong struggle against heavy odds.
If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to be able to make both of you happy.
That's all baseball is, is numbers; it's run by numbers, averages, percentage and odds. Managers make their decisions based on the numbers.
A guy like Ric Flair at 49 could go out and do his character. A guy 49 going out and doing Goldberg again - I don't know what the odds are.
What are the odds so long as the fire of the soul is kindled at the taper of conviviality, and the wing of friendship never molts a feather?
If I were a betting man, the odds are that Obama's White House and Justice Department will double down on their gun-control agenda by edict.
The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny.
Ever since 'Demon's Souls,' I've really been pursuing making games that give players a sense of accomplishment by overcoming tremendous odds.
For me, a great story is one in which the protagonist faces unimaginable odds; where the stakes are high that failure constitutes a disaster.
'Game of Thrones' is so unique, and the odds that any of us involved will be in another show like it are very slim, so I'm enjoying the ride.
I'm going to be the nominee. It's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I'm going to be the nominee.
If you dont have an emotional connection to why you are trying to accomplish your goals, the odds are you wont reach them or will quit trying.
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.
Without the edge, [life's] boring...If you're doing something that's definitely achievable with 100% odds of success, where's the draw in that?
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.
To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.