Fortunate Quotes - Page 29

• Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in progress. It is an added good fortune to have parents who take a personal part in the great movements of their time. I am glad and thankful that this was my case.

  Emmeline Pankhurst

  Struggle, Men, Parent

  Emmeline Pankhurst (2016). “My Own Story”, p.9, The Floating Press

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• I love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon.

  John Larroquette

  Book, Reading, Enough

  "10 Questions With John Larroquette". Interview with Stacy Jenel Smith, www.aarp.org. March 17, 2011.

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• I've been pretty fortunate.

  Brett Favre

  "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. July 17, 2008.

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• I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did.

  Nolan Ryan

  Organization, Four, Feels

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• I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life.

  David Rockefeller

  Realizing, Wonderful, Mines

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

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• I've been really very fortunate with the men I've been involved with. They've always really treated me very, very wonderfully. And whenever anything broke up, I was always the one to leave. So I think I've been really very, very lucky.

  Gloria Vanderbilt

  Men, Thinking, Lucky

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• I am indeed a fortunate man and today's hours are but a bonus, undeserved. Why have I been allowed to live this extra day when others, far better than I, have departed? Is it that they have accomplished their purpose while mine is yet to be achieved? Is this another opportunity for me to become the man I know I can be?

  Og Mandino

  Opportunity, Men, Departed

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.59, Bantam

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• I'm fortunate enough to have learned not to waste time getting frustrated with my kids, or co-workers, or friends and family for not doing everything I wish they would. If someone doesn't respond to me the way I want them to, I understand that it doesn't have anything to do with me.

  Chandra Wilson

  Kids, Frustrated, Wish

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

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• I was fortunate enough to be one of those stories where I was scouted on the street by somebody and actually refused to go to the agency, and was approached on different occasions and finally kind of caved and said, 'OK, I'll try it and see what happens.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Agency, Trying, Different

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• I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great balance.

  M. Ward

  Men, Balance, Enough

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• I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to be in the driver's seat all the time. I appreciate the perspective of being in the passenger's seat sometimes, and I feel fortunate for that because I've learned a lot from that perspective.

  M. Ward

  Appreciate, Perspective, Needs

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• I am fortunate enough to have worked on, and continue to work on, evolutionary movies in all formats from just simple good story telling, which still matters most of all, to CG movies to tent-pole size 3D movies, and genre 3D movies like 'Piranha 3D.

  Mark Canton

  Simple, Stories, Matter

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• I've been fortunate to work with Alfre Woodard and Jeffrey Wright; people who are artists, have careers, longevity and full lives. That looks good to me.

  Nicole Beharie

  Artist, Careers, People

  "Exclusive! Nicole Beharie Talks Career Choices, Burden Of Representation, Being An “It” Girl & More". Interview with Vanessa Martinez, www.indiewire.com. August 27, 2011.

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• I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that I've never been before. Once you discover something beautiful, you just want to keep coming back.

  Sara Bareilles

  Beautiful, Artist, Want

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

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• Networks decide who will have a chance to do shows, but it is the viewers who make the final decision of who stays and who goes. I am very fortunate, in that the television viewers of our country have decided that Bob Barker can stay.

  Bob Barker

  Country, Decision, Finals

  "Bob Barker Comes on Down for the Last Time". The Tampa Bay Times Interview, www.tampabay.com. October 31, 2006.

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• I want to help others 'think first' before diving into a pool or lake to prevent these types of life-changing accidents. I know I'm in a very fortunate minority and hope my story inspires both adults and children to be more careful.

  Brooke Burns

  Children, Life Changing, Helping Others

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• I feel so fortunate, so honored, to have played this game that I love for so long, with so many great players, and in front of so many wonderful fans. I fulfilled a childhood dream the first time I stepped on an NFL field, and the league did not let me down one time.

  Drew Bledsoe

  Dream, Player, Games

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• I've been real fortunate to be on a lot of great teams.

  Ed Belfour

  Team, Real, Great Team

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• Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well.

  James Blunt

  Real, Interviews, Serious

  "My body and soul". www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2008.

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• Jennifer Aniston and I have always just really gotten along well... I was just fortunate to be a good fit for parts in her films.

  Jason Bateman

  Film, Fit, Wells

  "Jason Bateman: 'I've got a great deal of dirt on Jennifer Aniston'". Interview with Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2011.

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• Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.

  Russell Banks

  Play, Community, Roles

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• The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all.

  Desi Arnaz

  Once In A Lifetime, Enough, Happens

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• When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.

  Frankie Avalon

  Play, Avalon, Trumpets

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

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• I'm very happy I get to keep working - it's an insanely fortunate thing.

  Hank Azaria

  Working It, Very Happy

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• I've been very fortunate to work for great people - so even when the political process gets ugly, I find inspiration in the people around me.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Inspiration, People, Political

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