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The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.
Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates
American
Novelist
Born:
Jun 16
,
1938
Topics
Luck
,
Worst
,
Cynicism
,
Belief
,
Chance
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Orson Welles
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People
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Matter
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Meeting
I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.
Ron Conway
Work
Hard Work
Responsibility
Giving
Luck
Believe
Others
Back
Everyone
Virtuous
Give
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Giving Back
No-One
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Without
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Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don't support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.
James Altucher
Love
God
Time
Health
Knowledge
You
People
Bad Luck
Competition
Path
Will
Sacrifice
Build
Whatever
Luck
Other
Neglect
Bad
Generate
Fail
Support
Along
Ideas
Learn
Around
Efforts
Curse
Inability
Create
Your
Ill
Who
Connections
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
Barbara Bush
You
Opportunities
Build
Luck
Think
Step
Like
Friendships
Just
Whether
Much
Things
Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.
Eliyahu Goldratt
Good
Reality
Bad Luck
Opportunity
Luck
Preparation
Meets
Good Luck
Bad
Lack
While
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Good
Bad Luck
Bird
Too Much
Luck
Think
Too
Enough
Worm
Consider
Good Luck
Bad
Much
Early
Chance
Early Bird
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Benjamin Franklin
Good
Mother
Luck
Good Luck
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