Luck Quotes - Page 39

• 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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• I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.

  Sam Abell

  Photography, Dream, Talking

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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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• Being great involves luck, and unique circumstances, and a lot of other forces beyond your control. You can’t just make it happen by working more or trying harder.
  There is an irony here, of course. The less you think about being great, the more likely it is to happen. And if it doesn’t, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being solid.

  Charles Wheelan

  Unique, Thinking, Trying

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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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• 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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• 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 think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time.

  Joan Cusack

  Thinking, People, Matter

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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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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• The man who wins is the average man,
  Not built on any particular plan;
  Not blessed with any particular luck

  Conrad Hilton

  Work, Blessed, Winning

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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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• I always get that cautionary warning right before I get off the phone with an interviewer. It's: 'Good luck with the show. I really like it, and if this goes wrong, you'll be hearing from my attorneys.

  Jon Stewart

  Good Luck, Phones, Warning

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• Just because a guy has a shaved head, pierced nipples, and doesn't have sex with women doesn't make him gay. It just makes him down on his luck.

  Drew Carey

  Sex, Gay, Guy

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• I get hit on by the hottest girls ever. Oh my god, if I was a lesbian, I would be so in luck. But it's just not my thing. I've always batted for the boys' team.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Girl, Team, Boys

  "Kelly Clarkson wasn't 'insulted' by gay rumors... But ponders the possibility" by Christina Garibaldi, www.mtv.com. January 04, 2013.

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• If you have to work at McDonald's, good for you. But on a side note, good luck with the rest of your life.

  Chelsea Handler

  Good Luck, Mcdonalds, Rest Of Your Life

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• I would say luck and preparation. I didn't dominate WWE when I first started, it was a slow process. I wasn't labelled the golden child from day one, it's been a very long road.

  John Cena

  Children, Wwe, Long

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• Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck.

  Thomas Piketty

  Democratic Ideals, Inheritance, Merit

  "French economist Thomas Piketty compares US economy to Europe in the Gilded Age". Associated Press Interview, www.oregonlive.com. April 23, 2014.

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