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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (133701)3/27/2001 3:54:55 PM
From: Srexley  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Kevin, your choice of wording is troubling. You told me that I said hard work "always" pays off (and I didn't).

Now you say "They will not admit that luck has some influence on success". I have not seen that in the responses. Where has anyone said that?

You put these in order.
Intelligence, hard work, perserverance, luck.

You come across like luck is number one, and goll darn it you aren't going to give some of that to the people who don't have any (that's impossible btw). Not sure how you are going to to that, but calling successful people "lucky" will not help ANYONE. It is a stupid, stupid argument.

And if it helps you at all, I consider myself lucky for a LOT of things. Really a lot. But I do not think I have gotten where I am because I am lucky. There is a difference. Can you see it?
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