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Luck Quotes


"I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question."


"And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that."
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"Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid."


"I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, "You make your own luck.""
Luck,


"Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck."



"I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck."


"Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented."
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"I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on."
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"Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent."


"Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck."


"Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck."


"Make your own luck, and then share it with others."


"It seemed Lady Luck hated me worse than usual."


"A broken mirror is good luck if you want it to be."


"I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn't been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn't have been lucky."


"Luck is a dance of possibilities and opportunities."



"Maybe good luck was like bad luck in that it took a while to sink in."
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