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Sometimes betting a long shot's the only way to win big. — Matt R. Lohr

Things ain't stopped happenin' to us by a long shot. But I thank God I'm right in the thick of it. — Maurine Whipple

The alluring, long-shot chance of a huge gain is the grease that lubricates the machine of innovation. — Jason Zweig

Life is so short," I said sighing, "the past so long. Shouldn't we turn the page and move on?"
"The past is the future," Aunt Emily shot back — Joy Kogawa

My friends and family definitely helped me with the biggest obstacle in my life, which was just staying in L.A. long enough to really give it a shot. — Robbie Amell

The long-shot bet, in some strange way, was a young man's game. Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai no longer felt, or acted, quite so young. — Michael Lewis

Well, that obviously wasn't good enough. Not by a long shot. Saying period at the end of something doesn't make it incontrovertible. — Hugh Laurie

Teddy wondered, and not for the first time, not by a long shot, if this was the day that missing her would finally be too much for him. — Dennis Lehane

As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail. — Al Lewis

At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend. The bullet was a copper jacket 22 long rifle. My friend was standing about fifteen feet from me. — Chris Burden

The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to this slander. Charge! — Winfield Scott

Ain't nothing wrong with shootin' folks, long as the right ones get shot — Craig Johnson

Aw, you trust me?"
"As long as I have a clear shot." I tighten my hold on the gun in my hand. — Tahereh Mafi

There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes. — Kenneth Grahame

I wasn't the brightest kid, not by a long shot. I was interested in football, in girls, in getting my work done with the least amount of effort. — Thomas J. Sargent

He remembered the subjects well enough to know that finding the answer was a long shot. Still, it was the only shot they had. — Terry Goodkind

There's a drinking game in Heaven, where angels do a shot every time humans invest "for the long term. — Johnny B. Truant

To me, theater is the mecca; if you really love to act, that's where it's the most fun, by a long shot. — Scott Caan

A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens. — Orson Welles

Nothing wrong with people getting shot, as long as it's the right people getting shot. — Harry Callahan

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot. — Herman Wouk

All's well so long-as you don't get shot in the hind end with a twenty gauge. — Lois Greiman

Astrophysics. 'It's a super-long shot' is practically the motto of our profession. — Marko Kloos

Nothing wrong with shooting ... as long as the right people get shot. — Clint Eastwood

Fine," Jeb said curtly, stowing his gun. "But don't test me. I haven't shot anyone in a real long time, and I sort of miss the trill of it. — Stephenie Meyer

The weather isn't what you think it is. Not by a long shot.
Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin in Ill Wind — Rachel Caine

The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence. — Jon Fishman

God has to remind us this isn't heaven by a long shot, so he increases the radios and lethal flies. — Sylvia Plath

No war really comes unexpectedly. The drums are beating long before a single shot is fired. — Margaret Case Harriman

Fine tuning the institutions built by powdered wig guys two hundred years ago is a long shot at holding the whole thing together. — Terence McKenna