Luck Quotes - Page 38

• Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  Groups, Tasks, Plans

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• So much of life, so much of work, is luck.

  Frank Deford

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• Whatever happened to Warren Buffett, the world's their-richest man? Guilt, a feeling of being blessed by luck, forgotten lessons - who knows? In any case, Buffett now believe that government should redistribute the wealth earned by others to those who did not earn it.

  Larry Elder

  Believe, Blessed, Men

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• To embrace luck, you have to enhance your tolerance for ambiguity.

  Twyla Tharp

  Tolerance, Embrace, Ambiguity

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• You just have to work with what God sends, and if God doesn't seem to understand the concept of commercial success than that's your bad luck.

  Michael Frayn

  Seems, Ifs, Concepts

  "'Write the same thing over and over'". Interview with Claire Armitstead, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2002.

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• They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.

  Omar Sharif

  Eye, Hair, Black

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• If it wasn't for her literally doing my homework for me, I would not have even graduated high school. Guaranteed . . . My mom always said, 'Luck is nothing but preparation and opportunity.' I think because I've had that history of not really being great in school, I probably try to overcompensate. That's why I try to read so many books. Just so I don't feel . . . uneducated.

  Channing Tatum

  Mom, Book, School

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• Good luck - it's always ready to use in case.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Good Luck, Use, Cases

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• Luck is very important. Of course you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you.

  Jack Ma

  Journey, Waiting, Important

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• Blessed be, the genius who never knew good fortune! Genius in itself already means so much; what meaning does luck still hold for him?

  Richard Wagner

  Blessed, Mean, Doe

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• It is hard enough luck being a monarch, without being a target also.

  Mark Twain

  Target, Enough, Monarchs

  Mark Twain (1992). “Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays: 1891-1910”

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• I grew up with comic books and cartoons and action movies. To find myself in the position to do work in these mediums is just an opportunity I couldn't have even asked for. It's just pure luck, really.

  Hoon Lee

  Book, Opportunity, Cartoon

  Source: collider.com

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• Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. The louder he talked of his honesty, the quicker we counted the silverware.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Strong, Honesty, Real

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• Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up to normal every now and then.

  Tim Sandlin

  Battle, Way, Normal

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• Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.

  Bill Gates

  Writing, Skills, People

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• I'm aware of the luck in [BABIP], but at the same time, you can't directly influence it. You can just keep mixing your patterns, executing and locating, That's the human element of this game.

  Max Scherzer

  Games, Mixing, Elements

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• Every cricketer knows that in the early stages of a batsman's innings i.e. before he gets his eye in - luck plays an important part.

  W. G. Grace

  Eye, Play, Important

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• I believe in good luck, and the harder I work and the more I believe in myself, the luckier I get.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Believe, Good Luck, Harder

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• When were you born, who are your parents, where did you grow up? None of us earns these things. These things were given to us. So when we strip away all of our luck and our privilege, and we consider where we'd be without them, it becomes much easier to see someone who's poor and say, "That could be me." And that's empathy.

  Melinda Gates

  Growing Up, Empathy, Parent

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• Nothing can replace courage, a resounding motivation and that little bit of luck.

  Edmund Hillary

  Motivation, Littles, Bits

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• People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the roles of the latter two. As to talent, I would only say it consists primarily in finding the right moment to step in.

  Jack McDevitt

  Believe, Hard Work, Two

  Jack McDevitt (2003). “Chindi”, p.27, Penguin

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• I've had bad luck in my two previous marriages. The first wife left me, and the second did not. ­

  Woody Allen

  Two, Wife, Firsts

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• I have terrible luck. Last week my chauffeur ran off without my wife.

  Henny Youngman

  Wife, Lasts, Week

  Henny Youngman (1994). “Henny Youngman's Bar Jokes, Bar Bets and Bar Tricks”, Outlet

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• Welcome to my world! I've been through it all, and I often pinch myself to believe my luck. I design jewlery, create cosmetics, perform comedy, act, lecture, write books, travel, have a fabulous daughter, and a phenomenal grandson-and I feel I'm the luckiest woman on the planet.

  Joan Rivers

  Daughter, Believe, Book

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• [Robert] Capa: He was a good friend and a great and very brave photographer. It is bad luck for everybody that the percentages caught up with him. It is especially bad for Capa. (On Capa's death in Vietnam, May, 27, 1954)

  Ernest Hemingway

  Good Friend, Brave, Vietnam

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