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"It's hard to detect good luck -- it looks so much like something you've earned." ... "When you get as lucky as I got, you have to work as hard as possible to earn that luck."--Daniel Radcliffe.
A man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills; A mill cannot grind with the water that is past; A miss is as good as a mile; A new language is a new life (Persian proverb) [5] A penny saved is a penny earned; A picture is worth a thousand words; A rising tide lifts all boats; A rolling stone gathers no moss
This is a list of catchphrases found in American and British english language television and film, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression that has gained usage beyond its initial scope.
Does bird poo often land on you - supposedly a symbol of good luck - or do you avoid walking under ladders at all costs? Take the test and see if you are due a bit of good luck in your lives
A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.
May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door. 78. Good health to you. 79. May the leprechauns be near you, To spread luck ...
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard,” H.L. Mencken famously said in another bit of prose I wish I’d written. I find that ...
Katie Beirne Fallon and Shaun Donovan knocking on wood in the Oval Office (2015). Knocking on wood (also phrased touching wood or touch wood) is an apotropaic tradition of literally touching, tapping, or knocking on wood, or merely stating that one is doing or intending to do so, in order to avoid "tempting fate" after making a favorable prediction or boast, or a declaration concerning one's ...