Quotes of Happenstance - somelinesforyou

“ They have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action.'. ”

- Ian Fleming

“ I don't believe in coincidence. ”

- Juliette Binoche

“ I would change very little because I have been very, very fortunate. A lot of things fell into place for me simply by happenstance. When that happens you don't really want to change anything, even if you could. Editorially my regrets are few and for the most part minor… ”

- Michael Connelly

“ When you analyze admirable lives, you find they are made up of minor details, of dabbling, of experiments, of people who look back and see they were preparing themselves for careers they didn't even know they wanted. Along the way they experience so many flukes and coincidences that you can only conclude that those who experiment put themselves in the path of happenstance, watched over by the angels of coincidence. ”

- Dale Dauten
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