Fortunate Quotes - Page 14

• So tonight I propose one more step that I would rather not propose. I ask the most fortunate among us, those citizens earning over $100,000 per year, for one year, to pay an additional one percent on the income they receive.

  Mitch Daniels

  Years, Income, Citizens

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• Getting older, I realize I've had a very fortunate life. I've had a budget that's allowed me to do just about any silly little thing the mind could conjure up, and I'm still alive and here.

  Rick Danko

  Silly, Mind, Getting Older

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• I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.

  Larry David

  Couple, Hook, Firsts

  "Larry David: The Man Behind Seinfeld". The Laugh Factory Magazine Interview, www.laughfactory.com. April 1994.

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• I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.

  Eric Davis

  Attitude, Games, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven't had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be 'cause I've been on quite a lot of auditions in my life.

  Mos Def

  Nice, Careers, Mind

  "FEATURE: Mos Def, Quiet As Kept 2.0". XXL Magazine Interview, www.xxlmag.com. June 15, 2009.

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• I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality.

  Ronnie James Dio

  Taken, Rocks, Individuality

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful family around me and loved ones.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Wonderful, Loved Ones, Wonderful Family

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• To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Cancer, Panic, Firsts

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• I didn't get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.

  Tina Fey

  Tvs, Who You Are

  "Tina Fey Says a '30 Rock' Reunion Would Only Happen in Imax" by Emily Zelmer, www.elle.com. September 23, 2013.

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• Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California.

  Carly Fiorina

  Party, California, People

  "Interview With Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina: 'The Nation With The Best Brain Power Wins'". Interview with Erick Schonfeld, techcrunch.com. January 31, 2010.

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• I had my first 'Survivor Series' in 1991 and I was fortunate enough to be an instrumental part of the shows I was on.

  Ric Flair

  Survivor, Firsts, Enough

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• People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Umpires, People, Virtue

  The Guardian, May 23, 1992.

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• Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

  Bill Gates

  Responsibility, Giving, Way

  Interview with Dana Goldstein, www.thedailybeast.com. January 24, 2010.

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• If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

  Melinda Gates

  Positive, Success, Inspiration

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

  Baltasar Gracian

  What Matters, People, Common

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• I do a lot of work with the Dyslexia Institute because, for people with dyslexia who do not have parental support, it is a huge disadvantage. I was fortunate because my Mum was a teacher and she taught me to work hard.

  Susan Hampshire

  Teacher, Hard Work, People

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• I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Interesting, Chapters

  The MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. 2011.

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• So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  New York, Thinking, Years

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• You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Character, Independent, Would Be

  Interview with Wil Anderson, www.gq.com.au. April 1, 2011.

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• Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Hero, Good Luck, Coward

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• I was very fortunate and didn't personally encounter any bullies in school, however bullies exist in many ways in life.

  Josh Hutcherson

  School, Way In Life, Bully

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• I work very regular hours, roughly 9 to 5:30. I think I have it much easier than a lot of parents. I just sit at home, I have a very flexible timetable, and I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my wife at home. I don't have to commute, so I have much more time with my family.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Home, Thinking, Lunch

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• Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn't have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted... but I had that hunger for more. I didn't always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.

  Curtis Jackson

  Mistake, People, Choices

  "A Billion" by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2011.

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• The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.

  Derek Jeter

  Yankees, Careers, Whole

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• Optimism is normal, but some fortunate people are more optimistic than the rest of us. If you are genetically endowed with an optimistic bias, you hardly need to be told that you are a lucky person - you already feel fortunate.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Optimistic, People, Optimism

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.290, Macmillan

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