“The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.” IfsYearsLongFiveLuckyBandAverageFive YearsLife SpanAverage Life Author:Mike McCready
“Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated.” KnowsWritingYearsWellsFiveLuckyBrilliantJust OneScreenplays Author:Patrick Marber
“I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might have seen me falling out of nightclubs. I think I conducted myself as a much better human being because I was already married when all that came along (I got married five months after I got the role as Will).” IfsThinkingHumansWellsMightFallHuman BeingsKnownRolesFiveHappenedMonthsLuckyMarriedWell KnownGet WellNightclubs Author:Eric McCormack
“If I get even five per cent of my ideas out and documented before I die, I'll be lucky. I'm not in danger of running out of riffs or ideas anytime soon. They overwhelm me and it's hard to find time to deal with them.” IfsIdeasHardRunningDiesDealsFiveDangerLuckyCentsBefore I Die Author:Jello Biafra
“Horseshoes are lucky. Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet. They should be the luckiest animals in the world. They should rule the country. They should win all their horse races, at least. 'In the fifth race today, every single horse was first equal...one horse threw a shoe came in third...the duck was ninth...and five ran.'” WorldShouldFirstsCountryTodayWinningBitsAnimalRaceFiveFourFeetLuckyEqualThirdsHorseShoesRanDucksFifthHorseshoes Author:Eddie Izzard
“My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.” WritingYearsFirstsMadeBookThreeFiveLuckyHusbandFive YearsThree YearsHousewife Author:Judith Perelman Rossner
“I'm lucky, I guess. I only really need five or so hours of sleep.” NeedsHoursSleepFiveLucky Author:Cliff Sloan
“It is always wise to make too much potato salad. Even if you are cooking for two, make enough for five. Potato salad improves with age - that is, if you are lucky enough to have any left over.” IfsTwoEnoughAgeLeftFiveToo MuchWiseFoodLuckyCookingPotatoesSaladPotato Salad Author:Laurie Colwin
“I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'” LooksSometimesTogetherFiveLuckyPercentDinnerCooksRecipesNinetyMexicanSupermarketsSo LuckyMexican Food Author:Salma Hayek
“It used to be that a movie star would have a 20-year career. Now if you get three to five years, you're lucky.” IfsYearsUsedThreeStarsCareersFiveLuckyUsed To BeFive YearsMovie Star Author:Rex Smith
“As a kid, I would do all of the plays at my school, and I was notorious for being in five numbers in one show. I'd go onstage, run backstage for a wardrobe change, and then go back out onstage. I'm always trying to do more than I should but when I got my lucky break (or whatever it's called), I was prepared because I studied and worked really hard for it.” ShouldTryingHardPlayShowsRunningKidsSchoolNumbersBreakFiveLuckyPreparedAlways TryingWardrobeNotoriousLucky Breaks Author:Chrissie Fit
“My time on TV has been awesome; between 'Party Of Five' and 'Ghost Whisperer,' I've been severely lucky in great long runs on TV series that were attached to the heart and got into the audiences' hearts.” HeartLongHas BeensRunningPartyAudienceFiveTvsLuckySeriesGhostMy TimeLong RunsTv SeriesGhost Whisperer Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“I love what I do and feel really lucky to still love what I do - I want to get out of bed and go to work at least three out of five days a week! My fear is it ends up any less than three days. But design-wise, I've still got an appetite, a lot more I want to say with my work - the story is not nearly complete!” WantFeelsStillsEndsStoriesThreeFiveWiseWeekDesignLuckyBedAppetite Author:Matthew Williamson
“Hamburg is getting a new symbol with its new Elbe Philharmonic concert hall. Such an architecturally impressive building is built somewhere in the world maybe once every five years, if you're lucky.” IfsWorldYearsFiveBuildingLuckyBuiltSymbolsFive YearsHallsConcertsImpressive Author:Charles Landry
“I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have. I think if you're one of a lucky five, maybe, you're that privileged, but most of us are living paycheck to paycheck and we're really extremely grateful for opportunities.” IfsThinkingBigsChoicesActorsOpportunityFiveLuckyGratefulPrivilegedMisconceptionPaychecks Author:Famke Janssen
“There was a TV show called Thank Your Lucky Stars, with the catchphrase "I'll give it five!" The Beatles and Stones were so popular when they were on it. One week The Beatles were number one and then the Stones were right on their heels.” GivingShowsStarsNumbersFiveWeekTvsLuckyStonesHeelsTv ShowsLucky Star Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I was lucky enough to just play music as a living and not have a nine-to-five job. I didn't have to pay the bills so I was able to experiment.” EnoughPlayAbleJobsPayFiveLuckyBillsNineExperiments Author:Mark Stoermer
“You have to get lucky. Whether that's a good captain's pick, or two rookies combining for five points, if you get that, those are points you really aren't expecting.” IfsTwoFiveLuckyPicksExpectingCaptainsCombiningRookies Author:Nick Faldo
“The fact is that in my prep school, I went to a boarding school, 39 young men graduated from that prep school. Five years later, a quarter of us were in SDS, in Students for Democratic Society. Not because we were particularly chosen or because we were as I say, we were lucky but we were mainly luckily to grow up at a time where this black freedom movement was really defining the moral character of what it meant to be a citizen and a person.” MenYearsPersonsCharacterFactsSchoolYoungGrowsBlackMoralGrowing UpFiveMovementStudentsCitizensLuckyDemocraticChosenYoung ManFive YearsMeant To BeQuartersDefiningDemocratic SocietyMoral CharacterPreps Author:Bill Ayers
“The great thing about theater is that when it's great, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. But if you go see ten shows, you'll only get five - if you're lucky - that'll give you that experience. But the rest, at the very least, will be interesting.” IfsGivingShowsRememberInterestingFiveLuckyTenTheaterGreat ThingsRest Of Your Life Author:Cate Blanchett
“In my experience in series TV if you have a good crew and a great cast it's going to be a great group - similar to the theater where it's a bunch of people who are really talented and go to work each day and challenge each other and if you are lucky enough to get a hit then it's five or six or seven years of this kind of work.” PeopleIfsYearsKindEnoughChallengesFiveGroupsTvsLuckySixTheaterSeriesSevenCastsBunchEach DayCrewSeven Years Author:Denis Leary
“I was actually away in Africa doing 'Generation Kill' while everyone was auditioning for Twilight. They all had, like, five different auditions: I was so lucky that I came back from Africa just in time and the actor who was playing Emmett fell through, lucky for me!” DifferentActorsFiveGenerationsLuckyTwilightAuditionsSo Lucky Author:Kellan Lutz