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• It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.

  Chuck Norris

  Stars, People, Guy

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• People who are successful should never forget that its 90 per cent luck. Youve got to be an eejit to be an egomaniac. I had my glory years - Blankety Blank, the talk show, when I was winning every award going.

  Terry Wogan

  Successful, Winning, Awards

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• Against ill chances men are ever merry,
  But heaviness foreruns the good event.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Events, Anticipation

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 4, sc. 2, l. 81

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• I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

  Janet Jackson

  Dream, Believe, Hard Work

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• it's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart.

  Laura Lippman

  Smart, Lucky, Being Smart

  Laura Lippman (2015). “The Last Place”, p.286, Faber & Faber

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• I really fell into drama school - I had a lot of lot of luck. I didn't take criticism very well while I was there; in fact, I took it personally. With every note I got, I felt like they were telling me I was a bad person.

  Charlie Cox

  Drama, School, Criticism

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There's something about 'Strictly Come Dancing.' Everywhere I go, people wish me good luck; cabbies toot their horns. It's lovely. I have a theory: in straitened times, there's nothing like a bit of unapologetic escapism.

  Cherie Lunghi

  Good Luck, People, Dancing

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• But give thanks, at least, that you still have Frost's poems; and when you feel the need of solitude, retreat to the companionship of moon, water, hills and trees. Retreat, he reminds us, should not be confused with escape. And take these poems along for good luck!

  Robert Graves

  Confused, Good Luck, Moon

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• Wherever there is failure, there is some giddiness, some superstition about luck, some step omitted, which, Nature never pardons.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Failure, Superstitions, Steps

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Portable Emerson”, p.340, Penguin

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• By instinct I'm an adventurer; by choice I'd like to be a writer; by pure, unadulterated luck, I'm an actor.

  Errol Flynn

  Choices, Actors, Instinct

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The free expression of resentment against one's parents represents a great opportunity. It provides access to one's true self, reactivates numbed feelings, opens the way for mourning and - with luck - reconciliation.

  Alice Miller

  Family, Opportunity, Self

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• To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Fall, Passion, Good Luck

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• Many people are dreaming. Let me rent. Let me have a job. Let me work until I'm 70. That's not what the American Dream used to be. It used to be, let me own a home. Let me retire at 59 and a half or 65 at the latest. Let me do this. And now, really, given what's happened, good luck with anything happening unless you do it yourself.

  Suze Orman

  Dream, Jobs, Good Luck

  "Suze Orman Says Oprah Taught Her An 'Encyclopedia Version Of Life'". "Tell Me More" with Micchel Martin, www.npr.org. May 24, 2011.

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• I've had the pleasure and the great luck to work with some incredible actors over the years and you have to observe and learn and take something from it and try and become better yourself.

  Cillian Murphy

  Years, Trying, Actors

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I dont rely on feng shui. I believe hard work brings us good luck and success.

  John Gokongwei

  Believe, Hard Work, Good Luck

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• Batman is not a very interesting character. For any actor. There is simply not much to play. I think Michael Keaton did it the best, and I wish good luck to Ben Affleck. But, you know who would have made a great Batman? Alec Baldwin in the '80s.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Character, Good Luck, Thinking

  "Quentin Tarantino Shares Criticism Of 'The Lone Ranger,' Thoughts On Ben Affleck As Batman & More". Les Inrockuptibles Interview, www.indiewire.com. October 10, 2013.

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• First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.

  Barry Manilow

  Running, Song, Writing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene its not one-on-one, its a one-on-12. Its very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.

  Feist

  Broken, People, Healthy

  "Is this it?". The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. February 29, 2008.

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• One might just as well trust in the "good luck" of a rabbit's foot as to hope for spiritual benefit from a Catholic scapular, medal, crucifix, or relic of an alleged "saint."

  Dave Hunt

  Spiritual, Good Luck, Feet

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• Don't be confused by what looks like luck to you. Lucky people don't make successful people; people who completely commit themselves to success seem to get lucky in life.

  Grant Cardone

  Confused, Successful, People

  FaceBook post by Grant Cardone from Jun 28, 2016

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• Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.

  Russell Banks

  Lasts, Lifetime, Young

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• I've had so much good luck happen to me that I can't handle bad luck.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Good Luck, Bad Luck, Handle

  Source: www.levity.com

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• Ive learned the truth in these sayings: Luck is when opportunity meets preparation and The right project will find you.

  Tony Oller

  Opportunity, Preparation, Projects

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• By working hard, by making the right moves, you can create your own luck, I think. But certainly luck plays a part.

  Richard Branson

  Moving, Thinking, Play

  "Richard Branson Responds To Elon Musk's Criticism; 'We're About To Prove Him Wrong'". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. October 18, 2014.

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• Well, what was luck for if it was never to be tempted?

  Mary Stewart

  Wells, Tempted, Ifs

  Mary Stewart (2011). “Nine Coaches Waiting”, p.199, Hachette UK

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