Won two Nobels and people still ask if I was lucky. Yes. Extremely lucky at being better prepared. by Marie Curie

The shortest peer review in history: she did the work.

I did not glow for this level of casual doubt.

They love genius until it arrives with handwriting they did not expect.

Luck is what people call work when they want the story to be shorter.

Preparation is gravity for outcomes. Everything falls toward the person doing the work.