Luck Quotes
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People call you "director," but it really should be "economic manager." Because everything is "Well, we can do another take here, but then you're gonna lose that shot over there." Or "The sun's going down, sorry, you're outta luck. We can't afford to." You know? And meanwhile, how do you get the performer's performance? I'm thinking the whole time all about "How can I get my day done?" And my performances are primarily a result of casting the right people at the right time in the right parts. And then I do little modifications.
Todd Solondz
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It seems to me after a fellow has been mutinied against three or four times, there is something to it besides bad luck.
Naomi Novik
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
Sophocles
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It's hard to tell our bad luck from our good luck sometimes. And most of us have wept copious tears over someone or something when if we'd understood the situation better we might have celebrated our good fortune instead.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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Others haven’t had the same luck. In the wealthier countries a mediocrity that hides the horrors of the rest of the world has prevailed. When those horrors release a violence that reaches into our cities and our habits we’re startled, we’re alarmed.
Elena Ferrante
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
Seneca the Younger
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For a single girl in London, luck isn't always a glass slipper that fits. Sometimes luck is a splash of mud from a passing bus.
Elizabeth Jane Howard
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It's a question of attitude. If you really work at something you can do it up to a point. If you really work at being happy you can do it up to a point. But anything more than that you can't. Anything more than that is luck.
Haruki Murakami
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Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins to be soaked up glowing, when you pray to the nine planets for love and luck.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Seth trotted over to Kendra. Bringing good luck as usual It was a weak pass okay.
Brandon Mull
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It's hard luck always having to be a judge.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.
Euripides
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To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck, but it looks as if it takes considerable skill.
Richard Feynman
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Give luck a chance to happen.
Tom Kite
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People always tell me how lucky I am that my kids are adventurous eaters, but I don't believe that it's luck at all. By my involving them in the process, not only are they more likely to try something new, but also I can count on them to make better choices when I'm not around.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
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There is no luck in life, everything happens for a reason. Every little thing that you do... leads up to a bigger thing. And that's the story of my life.
Georges St-Pierre
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I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives.
Paul Newman
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side
Roger Federer
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If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck.
Simone de Beauvoir
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I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
Steven Wright
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You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.
Whoopi Goldberg
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That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
Sue Grafton
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I just put drugs down to luck. I persevere quite honestly, and I've got a fair amount of discipline that keeps me out of deep water.
David Bowie
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But I’ve learned that I’m stronger than hard, better than pain, and that with enough luck, horrible can go away.
Courtney Milan