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

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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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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill

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World War II
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Winston Churchill
Source
The Few
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Few." House of Commons meeting. 20 Aug. 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Battle of Britain: 'The Few'." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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God helps them that help themselves.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Hard work Taking initiative God's favor Luck

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1736 1730s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1736.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Another quote from 1940

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages. The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds. We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significances as we do, largely because we are parties to an agreement that holds throughout our speech community and is codified in the patterns of our language.

Benjamin Lee Whorf

Science and Linguistics

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Language and thought Language

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Benjamin Lee Whorf
Source
Science and Linguistics MIT Technology Review
Medium
Essay Magazine
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Whorf, Benjamin Lee. "Science and Linguistics." MIT Technology Review, Apr. 1940.