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There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.


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J. FRANK DOBLE There is no thing known as bad luck. There is luck, or no luck at all.
JEFFREY FRY Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.
RICHIE BENAUD I just threw it up. Call it luck. Call it skill. I have no idea.
LUKE WEAVER It's a combination of luck and skill. You've got to have a lot of eye contact.
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FRED W. FITCH Luck never made a man wise.
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IAN FLEMING Luck is not chance, it is toil. Fortune is expensive smile is earned.
EMILY DICKINSON Give luck a chance to happen.
TOM KITE Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the d...
OVID The more you work on refining your skill, the luckier you get at it.
ZENG HAN JUN It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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HENRY FORD Everything in life is luck.
DONALD TRUMP Everything in life is luck.
DONALD J. TRUMP I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
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KANUPRIYA SAXENA The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
HECTOR BERLIOZ The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
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PAUL HAWKEN The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck
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MEG NEZAJ Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.
AMY TAN Everything in life is a matter of luck. If luck is with you, people will know where you live.
VIKRANT PARSAI Luck relies on chance, labor on character.
RICHARD COBDEN It's bad luck not to believe in luck.
R.J. LAWRENCE All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps right...
ROBERT COLLIER All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps right ...
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DAVID JOSEPH SCHWARTZ The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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OVID Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast in the stream where you least expect there wil...
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OVID Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.
DON SUTTON Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.
GEORGE S. CLASON Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.
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DON SHULA No matter whether you believe in luck or chance, the final decision is from yourself.
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ORISON SWETT MARDEN The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in l...
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STANLEY COLLENDER Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. WHITE It is bad luck to be superstitious.
ANDREW W. MATHIS It is bad luck to be superstitious?
ANDREW MATHIS This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.... There is divinity in odd numbers, e...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. . . . There is divinity in odd numbers...
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK Luck is in itself good always, so why to say GOOD LUCK.
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MARY OLIVER Bad luck there, Ricky.
MICHAEL ATHERTON For me there is no such word as 'luck' in the dictionary.
FABRICE MUAMBA Beware what you wish for, unless you have the grace to hope that your luck can be shared.
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