A Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.

W. Somerset Maugham

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W. Somerset Maugham
British - Novelist
January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965

To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always being controlled by forces external to oneself.

Nathaniel Branden

Most of my music is improvisation, and composition is improvisation. Even if I have a score, it is improvisation.

Yoshi Wada

Both 'Udaan' and 'Lootera' were largely rehearsed. With 'Trapped,' I left room for improvisation.

Vikramaditya Motwane

One of the capabilities, which seems to be the most difficult for aspiring leaders to maste is realistic optimism. It requires one to recognize that our experience of life is largely up to us, that our situations, good or bad, are largely due to our ability on a moment-to-moment basis to capitalize on opportunity. Those that approach life as if it is largely outside of their own control, or that others are largely to blame for their circumstances, generally find growth elusive.

Justin Menkes

HCL and Wipro are largely controlled by one family, so a strife with the board is not possible.

Roshni Nadar

Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward, fearful or not, living from moment to moment. That’s how life is.

Bobby McFerrin

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

Paul Simon

There is really not that much improvisation in my films. There is an acceptance of a chance.

Michael Snow

A good musical comedy consists largely of disorderly conduct occassionally interrupted by talk.

George Ade

The good news - and it is largely good news - is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark

Tom Peters

This tremendous friction which cannot, as in mechanics, be reduced to a few points, is everywhere in contact with chance, and brings about effects that cannot be measured just because they are largely due to chance.

Carl von Clausewitz

I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers.

Piers Anthony

Life is about conduct and how we conduct ourselves. But two wrongs never make a right.

Kevin Gates

I would make a huge distinction between theater improvisation and film improvisation.

Christopher Guest

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.

Sally Schneider

All the things I used to count on to get my music out there - record companies, they're all gone. And radio stations, they're gone - they're completely controlled by the government. If they're not controlled by the government, they're controlled by a programmer who's controlled by the government. Mainstream radio is suspect. You can't trust it.

Neil Young

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