Luck, if you will, is something you work for, and the harder you work the more luck you have.

Esther Eberstadt Brooke

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Luck Hard work

Author

Esther Eberstadt Brooke

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English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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United States

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Brooke, Esther Eberstadt. Career Clinic: The Answer to Your Job Problem. Farrar & Rinehart, 1940, pt. 3, ch. 2.

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You've got to be taught
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You've got to be carefully taught.

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Evil is unspectacular and always human,
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W.H. Auden
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Medium
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Language
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Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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