Luck Quotes
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What is luck but something made to run out.
Esi Edugyan
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I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong.
Antony Beevor
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This is not our job, but we always follow the actions of our European partners closely and we wish them luck.
Vladimir Putin
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I don't believe in superstition, I think it's bad luck.
Dan Henderson
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People Watch Luck Go by Them and They're Blind - They Never Reach out and Grab It.
George Roy Hill
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The older I get, I realize, 'Man, I'm a very rare bird,' and that's not because of necessarily my talent or ability; it so much depends on luck and just the grace of the universe.
Brian Stokes Mitchell
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Luck is only my lover, not my wife," replied Bahktiaan easily. He drew his saber. "If ever I wed, it will be skill and intelligence." "Tedious bedfellows," said Sergi.
Kate Elliott
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By late 1953, going to New York on vacation, I had lined up several Time Inc. interviews - and what they did was give me a lifelong appreciation of the importance of luck in getting a job.
Carol Loomis
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Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who do not depend on it.
George S. Clason
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
Adolf Galland
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It felt like a series of coincidences and luck that I ended up getting the part in 'Trainspotting,' but it's been an incredible journey since then. Every now and then, I sit and really think about it, and it blows my mind. I have to stop because I don't want my brain to implode.
Kelly Macdonald
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I want to acknowledge luck, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others.
Paul Newman
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Success emerges from the quality of the decisions we make and the quantity of luck we receive. We can't control luck. But we can control the way we make choices.
Chip Heath
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Gold was not altogether certain what, anatomically, a gorge was, but he knew that his was rising.
Joseph Heller
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I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.
Vladimir Kramnik
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No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.
Mia Hamm
