I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances, Be more active, Show up more often.

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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

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Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.

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Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move. – Anthony Bourdain

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I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.

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Direct your mind where you want it to travel instead of always going for the ride.

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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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The secret of success is focus of purpose.

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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

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Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.

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