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Is it better to be smart or lucky? (generally speaking)

I am smart and am glad to be smart
5 (41.7%)
I am smart, but sometimes am in the right place at the wrong time or vice versa, and want to be more lucky
5 (41.7%)
I am lucky and loooovin' it!
2 (16.7%)
I am lucky, but not very s m r t sometimes..
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 12

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Offline donjuan

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smart or lucky?
on: September 05, 2005, 12:39:39 AM
I (being a rabbit in Chinese Zodiac ;)) believe it's always better to be lucky than smart
what do you think?  oh, and if you are smart and lucky, ...then go buy youre parents something nice!  They deserve something for the nice pair of genes they gave you.
 :)donjuan
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Offline pianistimo

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Re: smart or lucky?
Reply #1 on: September 05, 2005, 01:38:02 AM
i feel blessed.  i think my parents had common sense, which, imo, is better than a really high iq and they taught me that 'luck' is 99 % hard work.

there have been times that i've wondered about getting certain piano teachers and feel very blessed and oddly wonder how it ever happened considering my average ability.  if nothing else, i feel like i have persistence.
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Offline leahcim

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Re: smart or lucky?
Reply #2 on: September 05, 2005, 01:53:55 AM
Does your piano teacher shine 2 torches at you to get you to sit upright?
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Offline pianistimo

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Re: smart or lucky?
Reply #3 on: September 05, 2005, 01:59:03 AM
?  do you know carl cranmer?  he doesn't seem to waste time, if that's what you mean.
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Offline pianohopper

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Re: smart or lucky?
Reply #4 on: September 05, 2005, 02:18:00 AM
If you're smart, you don't need to be lucky.
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Offline dinosaurtales

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Re: smart or lucky?
Reply #5 on: September 05, 2005, 05:48:14 AM
The dad of a friend of ours says "the harder I work the luckier I get".  This tells me it helps to be smart, too!
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Offline thalbergmad

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Re: smart or lucky?
Reply #6 on: September 05, 2005, 08:23:14 PM
Thats exactly what Steve Davies used to say.

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Offline nanabush

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Re: smart or lucky?
Reply #7 on: September 06, 2005, 02:57:33 AM
I'm smart and I also find that I'm lucky... I'm usually in the right place at the right time... but also do the smart thing in that situation  :o  :o
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