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“I was not fortunate enough to run into Obama. We were at the same church per se, but I would never be there when he was there.”

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Author:Mavis Staples

“I sometimes feel like I need to pinch myself. I feel extremely fortunate.”

Needs Feels Sometimes Fortunate

Author:John Britt Daniel

“For a lot of people, when something happens that gives them 15 minutes of fame, they try to create something new out of that. I was really fortunate. For a professional speaker, it is all about press, publicity and PR, so to get that much free publicity ... it made life a lot easier.”

People Giving Trying Made Happens Minutes Easier Fame Presses Things Happen Fortunate Something New Speakers Publicity

Author:Judson Laipply

“Sophie [Kinsella]'s writing just captivated me. We bought this eight years ago, before it became an international success and was only one book. Now there's five. So, we were very fortunate to latch onto a character who has since become an international success both as a novel and hopefully now as a movie.”

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Author:Jerry Bruckheimer

“Well, I feel that we're kind of fortunate that this book gives the whole world a lesson in economics and how to get out of the mess that we're all in. It's basic message is to try and stop spending as much and try to release some of your assets to pay off your debt.”

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Author:Jerry Bruckheimer

“I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do and live the way I do.”

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Author:Andy Goldsworthy

“I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in the Mojave Desert. And SpaceShipOne was born and had three flights into space that won something called the X Prize. And from there, we're building SpaceShipTwo, which is ... a beautiful spaceship that is very, very, very nearly completed and will be ready from about next Christmas onwards to start taking people into space.”

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Author:Richard Branson

“I'm very fortunate to have the support of the people around me, I feel happy because my wife helps me and people who are close.”

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Author:Novak Djokovic

“I was fortunate enough to have gone through the major label process and kind of have the inside scoop on some things, some information I wouldn't have normally had. To go from a major to an independent, I don't think it's an easy transition.”

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Author:Joe Budden

“If you're fortunate to get a first album that sells 10 million you have nowhere to go but down. I'm just going to be honest and your measuring stick is so high that haters are licking their chops because you can't do nothing but fail.”

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Author:Nelly

“I'm fortunate in one respect; that I don't have a lot of work in my studio. Most of it's out, gone; either sold or in galleries. I work with a lot of galleries.”

Gone Studios Fortunate Gallery

Author:Robert Barry

“There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been.”

Has Beens I Can Imagine Fortunate

Author:Jamie Hyneman

“Usually I do a practice in the morning first and then meditate. I'm fortunate that I can do it in a car, in a bus, in a plane.”

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Author:Donna Karan

“I'm a girl from South Carolina. I was raised in a middle class family and decided to major in broadcast journalism and now I'm at the national level and that doesn't happen to most people and I realize that. I know that I'm very fortunate but this great country allowed that to work in my favor.”

“What has become clear to me is that it is not the inherent nature of being gay that causes such a reduced life; it is, rather, the social circumstances around being gay: the perceptions of it and the cultural norms that it is said to violate. As some of those norms have changed, I have been able to be gay, to have a marriage, to have a family, and to have - if there is wood to knock on - a fortunate and happy life.”

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Author:Andrew Solomon

“Take hints from other women in the office. We are very fortunate to be in a generation where there are a lot of older women in the office. Take a look at what they're wearing.”

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Author:Sarah Lafleur

“Capitalism has been really good to me. I'm very fortunate: I have written books and my books have sold.”

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Author:Marianne Williamson

“It's basically the best job in the world. If you're fortunate enough - and I consider myself fortunate - you get to work with your friends and you get to work on projects that interest you.”

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Author:James Franco

“I've been fortunate to work with companies that I endorse because I love their gear. Whether Music Man, Dunlop, or DiMarizo to me these companies have supported me in such a way that's invaluable.”

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Author:John Petrucci

“I'm incredibly fortunate and it's important to me to make sure that I give back where I can.”

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Author:Andy Murray

“I've been very fortunate in my career to work across a lot of different mediums. I've hosted, I've narrated, I've acted in television, miniseries, film - all of which are very, very different in the way they tell stories.”

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Author:Grant Bowler

“What I want to do, I do! I'm pretty fortunate.”

Want Fortunate

Author:Robert Plant

“I have really been fortunate, incredibly privileged, to have done so much editorial work, and I would love to do more. But just as my editions have tried to balance the familiar with the new, the commercial with the scholarly, so too I have to admit that I don't want to do editing for the sake of it, and some possible projects would be of uncertain value to me.”

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Author:Oliver Harris

“I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.”

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Author:Condoleezza Rice

“[I'm] very fortunate and blessed person who still has a lot of living to do.”

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Author:Condoleezza Rice

“I think that we're just fortunate that you have an experienced legislator: 26 years of fighting for our issues in line. I mean, there's nobody, there's no man, nor woman that is being mentioned that has the legislative experience that she has and the passion in her heart for advancing the cause of women.”

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Author:Eleanor Smeal

“I feel so fortunate to get paid to be an actor. I pinch myself. I get it from writing, I get it from baking, gardening... I sort of open myself to the creative flow, which is hard to do, by the way.”

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Author:Lauren Bowles

“I chose to enter a profession that is not easy. To be able to say that I am doing what I love for a living - man, it isn't work. I cannot begin to describe how fortunate I am.”

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Author:Jonathan Sadowski

“I feel very fortunate to be healthy, so I try to take advantage of it.”

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Author:Jeremy Jones

“I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had - I've been very fortunate - a group of little old ladies that I love and who love me, and who turned and to whom I turn at different times.”

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Author:Nikki Giovanni

“I've been extremely fortunate in that my career allows me to be seen and heard by people all over the world and I know that my only option is to utilize this gift to speak for those who may not have the means, courage, or strength to speak out.”

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Author:Sufe Bradshaw

“This is going to be a difficult few hundred years. No matter what we do, we have to give up some of the advantages of the wealthy Western nations and help out people who are less fortunate. That is the key. I think we can do it if we have more compassion for one another.”

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Author:Walter Munk

“I feel very fortunate to have been sort of a tiny instigator, using technology for good.”

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Author:Rebecca Moore

“I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started playing tournaments together when I was 11, in the lower ranking of beach volleyball in California. We weren't playing against kids; we played against grown men, so immediately, I had to raise my game to compete.”

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Author:Karch Kiraly

“One thing I do know is that we are fortunate to be here and we're here to try and better ourselves and to be good.”

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Author:Stephanie Ellis

“I'm inspired by many of my friends, colleagues, and the extraordinary people I've been fortunate enough to meet along the way.”

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Author:Alicia Keys

“All the women in my life have really made my life what it is, and I feel so fortunate, so whole because of them.”

Feels Made Whole Fortunate

Author:Ian Somerhalder

“I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.”

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Author:Morris Chestnut

“It was fortunate for all of us to have Joaquin Jackson, who is a very renowned Texas Ranger, on board. He spent quite a few days with us on set and he added a lot to it for me on what it's like to be a Texas Ranger.”

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Author:Jeff Bridges

“I have been fortunate to have a career that has allowed me to travel the world and come in contact with many different cultures and people.”

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Author:Yanni

“Our family has been honored to serve our state and nation. Like many American families, we have been fortunate and blessed to raise three wonderful children and put them through college while doing work that we love.”

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Author:Mike Pence

“If I'm fortunate enough to play in the NFL, anywhere for anybody would be great. But if I had to pick, it would be the hometown [Atlanta] Falcons because I used to work for them.”

Ifs Enough Play Would Be Used Picks Fortunate Nfl Hometown Atlanta Falcon

Author:Deshaun Watson

“I'm in a position where - I mean, not a lot of people are in a very fortunate position - where I kind of have the power to choose what I want to do in a way.”

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Author:Logan Lerman

“It's really interesting to observe each filmmaker's approach to filmmaking and I feel very fortunate to have worked with a lot of really interesting filmmakers and they all approach their job in unique ways.”

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Author:Logan Lerman

“Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a few hits on a major label to continue that success.”

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Author:John Mellencamp

“Every Olympics is something special. If you're fortunate enough to play for your country - there's just so much energy. It's truly amazing.”

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Author:Venus Williams

“I'm one of the most fortunate guys around,I still get to do those kinds of movies, and then I get to do Green Lantern, and I get to do Buried with an auteur like Rodrigo Cortés. I enjoy that I can get away with that.”

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Author:Ryan Reynolds

“With all of the people in the world and all of the suffering and all of the things that people are forced to do for lack of other alternative, the fact that I had a subsidized education and got to go right into a life of playing music for a living, what a stupidly fortunate place to be.”

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Author:Dan Mangan

“I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.”

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Author:Usher

“I've been very fortunate to work with people that I'm fans of.”

People Fans Fortunate

Author:Eric Roberson

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