"History is strewn with the wrecks of nations……" — Walter Bagehot

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• All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
• I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those… — Adam Arkin
• I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
• If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster… — Norman Ralph Augustine
• Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. — Jane Austen
• Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality… — Paul Auster
• The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own… — Paul Auster
• First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance… — Oksana Baiul
• Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. — Abigail Adams
• In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites… — Ansel Adams
• Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing. — Honore de Balzac
• You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be… — Ernie Banks

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