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  2. Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff - Wikipedia

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    Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff is a 1979 American drama film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. [1] The screenplay by Polly Platt is based on the 1970 novel of the same title by William Inge. [2] Inge wrote two novels, both set in the fictional town of Freedom, Kansas. In Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff, high-school Latin teacher Evelyn Wyckoff loses her job ...

  3. Pranāma - Wikipedia

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    Pranāma ( Sanskrit: प्रणाम, praṇāma, "obeisance, prostration or bowing forward") is a form of respectful or reverential salutation (or reverential bowing) before something or another person – usually one's elders, husband or teachers – as well as anyone deeply respected such as a deity, found in Indian culture and Hindu ...

  4. Theatrical superstitions - Wikipedia

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    If an actor speaks the word "Macbeth", or quotes the play, in a theatre other than in performance, they must perform a ritual to remove the curse. The ritual may vary according to local custom: one is to leave the theatre building or at least the room occupied when the name was mentioned, spin around three times, spit, curse, and then knock to ...

  5. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande - Wikipedia

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    Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a 2022 sex comedy-drama film directed by Sophie Hyde and written by Katy Brand. The film stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. The story revolves around a woman who seeks a young sex worker to help her experience pleasurable sex. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2022 ...

  6. The old man lost his horse - Wikipedia

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    Bad luck often brings good luck. Every cloud has a silver lining. Every ill-luck is good for something in a wise man's hand. Every medal has its dark side. Every tide has its ebb. No great loss without some small gain; It is an ill wind that blows no one good. Nothing is so bad in which there is not something good.

  7. List of Good Luck Charlie episodes - Wikipedia

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    episodes. Good Luck Charlie is an American sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010 to February 16, 2014. [1] The series revolves around Teddy Duncan ( Bridgit Mendler ), a teenage girl who makes video diaries for her little sister Charlie ( Mia Talerico) about her family and life as a teenager.

  8. Break a leg - Wikipedia

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    Break a leg. " Break a leg " is a typical English idiom used in the context of theatre or other performing arts to wish a performer "good luck". An ironic or non-literal saying of uncertain origin (a dead metaphor ), [1] "break a leg" is commonly said to actors and musicians before they go on stage to perform or before an audition.

  9. Just My Luck (2006 film) - Wikipedia

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    Just My Luck is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, from a screenplay by I. Marlene King and Amy B. Harris, starring Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Missi Pyle, and McFly.