Steve Jobs

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.

American Businessman

Zachary Levi

Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.

American Actor

Estelle Parsons

You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

American Actress

Zinedine Zidane

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

French Athlete

Judith Guest

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

American Novelist

Martti Ahtisaari

Luck has a lot to do with how your life develops.

Finnish Politician

Mauricio Macri

I have the luck to choose what to do in my life.

Argentinian Statesman

Kate Reardon

Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.

British Journalist

Iain Duncan Smith

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.

British Politician

Kei Nishikori

Japanese Tennis Player

Use 'luck' to describe outcomes you can't influence or predict, emphasizing a lack of control.

Beyond Control

'Luck' can refer to both good and bad outcomes, so specify the kind when context doesn't make it clear.

Not Always Positive

Use 'run of luck' when discussing a series of fortunate events, possibly implying a change soon.

Calculable Chances

Highlight the surprise element in 'luck' by using it when discussing unforeseen, fortunate events.

Unexpected Joy

'Dumb luck' implies that success occurred without skill, planning, or reason—purely by chance.

Randomness Emphasized

'Luck' can imply reliance on superstitions or charms, which might seem irrational to some.

Belief and Rituals

'Luck of the draw' is often used when outcomes depend fully on chance, not one's abilities or actions.

Chance Not Skill

Say 'good luck' to express hope for someone's success or fortune before an event or activity.

Positive Wishes

'Best of luck' is a warm way to encourage, suggesting a greater depth of sincere good wishes.

Encouragement

 I knew I was where I was supposed to be; I knew I was home. And I haven't spoken to you once in the four years since that day. But I heard that you were leaving, and I had to come and tell you you've been an incredibly important person in my life. I'm going to miss you. Good luck." And she walks away, and I'm flattened. She gets six feet away, turns around, smiles and goes,

Drew Dudley: Everyday...

 And the prints are said to bring good luck to the fishermen. But the art form is quite different than it used to be. Most artists today learn on their own by trial and error. Before the artist begins to print, the fish needs to be prepared for printing. First, the artist places the fish on a hollowed out surface.

Gyotaku: The ancient...

 As luck would have it, absorbing one of those light photons passing through the atom can provide just the energy the electron needs. But there's a catch. The energy from the photon has to be the right amount to get an electron to the next row. Otherwise, it will just let the photon pass by,

Why is glass transparent?...

 It seems like you're out of luck, unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception. It's true that once you activate the switch in a contaminated room, it's destroyed and you can never go back. But there's one room that wasn't contaminated - the entrance.

Can you solve the virus...

 just before being arrested and crucified. The resulting idea that having thirteen people at a table was bad luck eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia,

Where do superstitions...

 which is linked up but it served its purpose because what it's done is to bought a different set of genes into the gene pool and with that luck that's that's all you can expect if you're a deep sea antler fish i have never seen such ravishingly

Sir David Attenborough...

 That was the worst year. I was obsessively curious about sex and also deeply ashamed by it. It wasn't my only problem, of course, not by a long shot, but it was the beginning of a downward spiral. And my bad luck was to hit bottom

Let's talk about sex -...

 the rusty machine age or we can consult biological wisdom and if we choose the latter we are in luck because we are surrounded by biological wisdom we are not the first to manufacture put yourself here

Creating a Bio-Industrial...

 that I've ever looked at. I love the way you talk about him. I bet you wish you'd met him. Definitely. We will meet one day. Yeah, in the afterlife. Brilliant. Brilliant. Well, good luck.

The Mummification of...

 And what kind of conflict is likely to emerge?" Answer those questions, and you have your story. Good luck, future world-builder!

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