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Luck (also called fortuity) is a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person's control. Luck can be good or bad. Luck refers to that which happens to a person beyond that person's control. This view incorporates phenomena that are chance happenings, a person's place of birth for example, but where there is no uncertainty involved, or where the uncertainty is irrelevant. Within this framework one can differentiate between three different types of luck: Another view holds that "luck... full article at wikipedia

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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.	Juvenal
Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.	François de La Rochefoucauld
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.	Brian Tracy
What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.	Robertson Davies
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.	Samuel Goldwyn
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.		Yiddish Proverb
Luck is infatuated with the efficient.		Persian Proverb
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.	Tony Robbins
Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it.		German Proverb
Luck is a very good word if you put a P before it.		Unknown
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