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| Oct 30, 2011 at 18:49 | comment | added | Lee Quarella | Not a perfect analogy, but I think it gets the point across. | |
| Oct 30, 2011 at 16:58 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I agree overall, but in the case of pop stars, for example, although being good at looking good could arguably be partly "luck" (and partly a matter of caring about your appearance), you could equally well say that having a musical ear, dextrous playing fingers, rich-toned vocal chords, etc., are all to some extent matters of chance. It's only the optimistic wannabes who think it's all a matter of chance. | |
| Oct 30, 2011 at 15:25 | history | answered | Lee Quarella | CC BY-SA 3.0 |