“I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.” WorldTryingKindMeanBeliefReligiousMoralLuckyReligious BeliefMoral Beliefs Author:Bill Gates
“I just feel incredibly lucky. I went to drama school and about 28 of us graduated. I graduated from drama school in 2000, and I would say about two of us are working and able to make a living out of it. It is a tough profession. To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.” FeelsKindTwoAbleSchoolDramaLuckyToughGratefulProfessionReally AmazingTwo Of Us Author:Naomie Harris
“I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school and that single sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women and to not compete with or compare myself as much because we were all allowed to be ourselves and be unique and kind of have our unique strengths.” KindSchoolGirlSexLuckyUniqueCompareSex Education Author:Kerry Washington
“I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents who loved all kinds of music.” KindParentListeningLuckyAll KindsClassical Music Author:Cecile McLorin Salvant
“I am the lucky duck because I have family . My wonderful aunt and uncle are letting me crash on their couch, which isn't really a couch...I have a room! It's been kind of a blessing for the cast because all of us have gotten so close, not knowing anyone in Atlanta. All the guys on the show have become kind of like brothers, and all of us girls are pretty inseparable.” KindShowsGuyGirlRoomsKnowingWonderfulBrotherBlessingLuckyCastsDucksNot KnowingCrashUnclesAuntCouchesInseparableAtlantaAunts And Uncles Author:Candice Accola
“You are always looking for a different kind of read and a different kind of intention when you are by yourself in the booth. Occasionally you are playing off of people, but it is a bit of a different muscle that you have to flex. At the end of the day though, it really is all just great fun and play that we are lucky enough to get paid for.” PeopleKindDifferentEndsEnoughPlayFunBitsLuckyPaidIntentionMusclesThe End Of The DayDifferent Kinds Author:David Koechner
“As long as I get to be doing what I love, which is making comedy and that kind of thing, I feel lucky that I get to.” FeelsKindLongComedyLucky Author:Andy Samberg
“I do feel pretty lucky that I'm not so great at playing and singing, it forces me to make sure I've really got something worth presenting because I can't rely on any kind of virtuosity to dazzle people with.” PeopleFeelsKindI CanForceLuckySingingRelyBecause I CanPresentingDazzleVirtuosity Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“When I was 16, I used to drive huge loads of laundry in a three ton truck. I would turn round at night to drive back and see the band in a place north of Toronto called Dunn's Pavilion. I would drive that truck all day and they drive back and all the way until one day I wrecked the truck. I fell asleep and wrecked it. I was OK and so was my helper. I called my dad and the first words out of his mouth were, "are you OK?" I was really lucky I had a kind father.” WayFirstsKindUsedNightTurnsThreeFatherHugeDadOne DayLuckyBandMouthsRoundsMy DadLoadTruckLaundryTorontoHelpers Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I was lucky to be in a household where whatever I wanted to do was supported and my music was always such a natural part of me, and I was never told that I couldn't do it. So I've always been able to follow my heart and my instincts and what I love, that being my art. And I know that not everybody really has that chance or that environment, the same one that I did, so I kind of want to help in any way that I can.” KnowsWayWantHeartKindArtI CanHelpingAbleWantedNaturalChanceEnvironmentMy HeartLuckyInstinctHousehold Author:Zella Day
“I find that, rather than the cities, I'm very lucky because the audiences that come and see me are very, generally speaking, truly kind, so I have a great time playing everywhere.” KindCitiesAudienceLuckyGreat Times Author:Colin Hay
“I don't view myself as any kind of celebrity, but we as people are called to do those things and I am just lucky I have a microphone and can reach more people sometimes.” PeopleKindSometimesViewsLuckyMicrophones Author:The Rocket Summer
“Every time I work with Dr. Luke I learn something new. He's kind of like the Andy Warhol of pop music, where he mass produces his art but it always still has heart and always still has an emotional thread to it. I think he's really a genius and I'm so lucky to have gotten to work with him.” ThinkingHeartKindArtStillsProduceEmotionalGeniusLuckyMassPopsSomething NewThreadDrsPop MusicLukeSo LuckyWarhol Author:Bonnie McKee
“After finishing art school I was applying to stores like Home Depot and Walmart. You know, places where you have to take a urine test before you get your minimum wage. Even those places wouldn't hire me. So I was lucky when I got included in a group show at the Richard Heller gallery that kind of started my art career.” KnowsKindArtShowsHomeSchoolCareersGroupsLuckyTestsStoresMinimumGalleryFinishingMinimum WageArt SchoolWalmart Author:Marcel Dzama
“I was lucky that I was getting exposed to a lot of different kinds of films, and I was liking them all. So it seemed logical to me that you could - as in the style of the studio directors of the 30s and 40s - jump from one genre to the next, with the same satisfaction.” KindDifferentFilmNextStyleLuckyDirectorsSatisfactionStudiosGenreLogicalExposedDifferent Kinds Author:Steven Soderbergh
“Here I was going to work with Pacino thinking, "I'm not going to get lucky twice. There's no way. This guy is going to hand me my ass." He looks like the kind of guy who's going to hand you your ass. It's Al Pacino.” ThinkingWayLooksKindHandsGuyLuckyAssAlsThis GuyGoing To Work Author:Johnny Depp
“Because I'm 44, I feel kind of lucky that I lived through this period where I started my career where there was no Internet at all, and now when I finish it, there will be nothing but the Internet.” FeelsKindCareersInternetPeriodsLucky Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].” KindTwoShowsSituationComedyLuckyDivorceAll KindsComedy Shows Author:Fred Armisen
“I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits are crushed, because they work on these screenplays and these projects, and then directors either take them and change everything, rewrite them and make them worse, or they film them and they're nothing like how they imagined it to be.” KindRealFilmSpiritLuckyDirectorsProjectsHollywoodDown AndAll KindsBeatenCrushedScreenplaysScreenwriters Author:Daniel Clowes
“Most of us who have been lucky enough to hear, read and see the Dalai Lama, often come away thinking, "What a kind, inspiring and golden human being!" That is true, but I think it does him an injustice.” ThinkingHumansKindDoeHas BeensEnoughHuman BeingsLuckyInjusticeGoldenLamaDalai Author:Pico Iyer
“I find that a lot of times when family members get bronchitis or the flu or something like that, I'll kind of skate through and be really lucky and not get that sick.” KindLuckyMembersSickFluFamily MembersSkatesBronchitis Author:Aaron Bruno
“The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the mouth of somebody else that they don't know the weight or gravity or intensity that something they've made has brought out in somebody else's life. It's simultaneously flattering and humbling. It makes me so thankful that I've been so lucky to be able to do this work.” KnowsKindMadeAbleArtistLuckyMouthsWeightIntensityGravitySongwritersFlatteringHumblingSo Lucky Author:Dan Mangan
“Acting is fun. I enjoy it, but there is just not many opportunities to do it on a serious level. It is kind of either bad community musicals, or if you are lucky enough to be cast in something serious. I feel like you really have to be going after it, and for me I am a little bit distracted.” IfsFeelsKindLittlesEnoughOpportunityFunBitsEnjoyCommunityLevelsActingSeriousLike YouLuckyLittle BitCastsDistracted Author:Thomston
“We are lucky to live in a world made up of so many different kinds of people and I am confident in the direction we are going.” PeopleWorldKindMadeDifferentLuckyDifferent Kinds Author:Ashley Graham
“I think modeling is interesting, it's obviously nice to take on a character and go through the process. I'm very lucky that I've been able to do that but I think the challenges that come with the responsibility of art directing something is something that appeals to me. I've done it before in collaboration with other people but it's the first time someone's literally handed it over and been like, "What do you want?" It was really fun to kind of dream up a concept and then execute it with all my friends.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsKindArtDoneCharacterDreamAbleFunProcessChallengesInterestingResponsibilityNiceLuckyConceptsMy FriendsFirst TimeAppealsCollaborationModeling Author:Alexa Chung
“I'm really lucky to have the kind of people I've got around me. I've got such a great group of predominantly young people, but so diverse, and they bring different perspectives to the table. They will tell me exactly what's on their mind.” PeopleMindKindDifferentYoungGroupsPerspectiveLuckyTablesDiverseDifferent Perspective Author:Hillary Clinton
“That's the only sense in which I've been lucky: I have the kind of face to which cosmetics could be applied.” KindFacesLuckyCosmetics Author:Quentin Crisp
“Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal. We just walked around with our demo tape, trying to find someone to give us the money to demo properly. Instead of that, we got a record contract. It was just an incredibly lucky break.” GivingTryingKindSongDealsBreakRecordsCoupleLuckyContractsExpectingTapeAndrewDemosLucky Breaks Author:George Michael
“I would advise budding writers some other kind of job, unless they think they're very, very lucky.” ThinkingKindJobsLuckyAdvise Author:Terry Pratchett
“When I was a kid and a young man I read everything. When I was about 23, I was incredibly lucky in that I wound up with several book review columns, which meant that I had to read huge amounts of stuff that was outside my experience and outside my comfort zone. I think every young writer should be forced to read the kind of stuff they would not normally read for pleasure.” ThinkingMenShouldKindBookKidsYoungStuffPleasureHugeAmountComfortLuckyWoundsYoung ManZoneReviewsComfort ZoneColumnsYoung WritersBook Review Author:Neil Gaiman
“I just figured it out when I was approaching the age where teenagers forced to make major life decisions and I just went with my heart, which is that I love acting, and was lucky enough to kind of pursue that and for it to work out so far.” HeartKindEnoughAgeDecisionActingMy HeartLuckyMajorsWork OutPursueTeenagerLife Decision Author:Nell Hudson
“The first thing to recognize is how fortunate Ireland is to be an island off the west coast of Europe, and therefore helped by the prevailing winds to escape the effects of acid rain and other problems. We were also lucky not to have had the same kind of industrial revolution and industry as some other countries. Our problem now is to create employment, but to do it in ways that value our environment.” WayFirstsKindCountryProblemValuesEnvironmentEffectsWindRevolutionIndustryLuckyEuropeRainWestEmploymentFortunateIslandsIrelandOther CountriesCoastOur EnvironmentAcidPrevailingSo LuckyIndustrial RevolutionWest CoastAcid Rain Author:Mary Robinson
“What I remember thinking at that point, having gone through both the ups and downs of my first four years, and seeing the sea of people was, "What a remarkable country this is and how lucky am I that we live in a place where the son of a single mom, not born into any kind of fame or fortune, in a pretty remote state somehow can end up be in a position to - to make a difference."” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsKindEndsCountryStatesRememberBornDifferencesGoneFourSeeingSeaPositionSonMomFameLuckyFortuneMaking A DifferenceRemarkableFour YearsUps & DownsSingle Mom Author:Barack Obama
“I believe in the art of literature, I believe in freedom of the imagination, I believe in the kind of liberties that we enjoy in these lucky countries of the world.” WorldBelieveKindArtCountryLiteratureI BelieveEnjoyImaginationLibertyLuckyI Believe InCountries Of The World Author:Salman Rushdie
“Many kids think unless they go to one of these great Ivy League schools, which I was lucky enough to go to later, that they won't get the same kind of learning. But I learned just the opposite lesson; that my best teachers were not at Harvard University.” ThinkingKindEnoughKidsSchoolTeacherLessonsLuckyOppositesUniversityLeagueHarvardIvyBest TeacherIvy LeagueHarvard UniversityIvy League Schools Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“I have so many mentors. I'm really lucky to be surrounded by incredible mentors, whether it be Solange Knowles or Gloria Steinem or Ava DuVernay, there are so many awesome people in my life, and so I'm lucky for them to kind of have fostered my identity as I grow into myself.” PeopleKindIdentityLuckyIncrediblesMentor Author:Amandla Stenberg
“Many white-collar workers are lucky enough to have creative-class jobs that are satisfying, which is great as long as you're still able to carve out true, work-free leisure at some point. But there's been a kind of sneaky reframing of work as play as the Silicon Valley model has been imported into other fields. Now you see adult offices that look like nursery schools, and staff paintball parties, work cultures that encourage the "We're a family here!" fantasy while preventing workers from going home at a reasonable hour to be with their actual families.” KindLongEnoughHomeSchoolCultureHoursPartyFantasyLuckyOfficeNurseryGoing HomeSneaky Author:Katrina Onstad
“I wanted young women to know that I was very lucky that I worked for people who literally let me be me. If I had ever been anyone other than me, I would have come off as a fake, a phony, a fraud, and never would have gotten where I ultimately ended up. You can be yourself and be in politics, and they should know that. That was kind of why I wanted to do it - because I didn't see any freaks in politics like me.” PeopleKindLuckyLet MeFakeBeing YourselfFraudFreakYoung WomenPhony Author:Alyssa Mastromonaco
“I was really lucky to have an opportunity to direct a horror anthology. It kind of fell into my lap before I was really prepared, which was nice, but I feel like I could've done a lot more in retrospect. So if I do direct again, I'm going to do my homework.” KindDoneOpportunityNiceHorrorLuckyDirectHomework Author:Lindsey Haun
“A lot of people have a hard time living out of a suitcase, being on the road constantly in different cities. For us it's just kind of what we do. You do get homesick. I miss my wife, I miss my home, I miss my dogs, I miss my kitchen, which is something I like to do outside of this is cook. You miss the simple things. But when you look at the big picture we get to see a crazy amount of cities and the people we get to meet, all over the world it kind of makes up for it. It makes you realize how lucky you are because it could be gone tomorrow you just never know.” PeopleWorldKindDifferentHomeRealizingSimpleWifeCrazyDogMissingTomorrowLuckyMy WifeKitchenHard TimesMy DogSimple ThingsBig PictureHomesickLucky You Author:Barry Kerch
“I have no problem with plus-size term because it kind of saved my life; however I don't love that we have to give each other titles. I don't think that there's any reason I should be any different than a size two girl. But I'm not embarrassed of that term. I'm lucky that I have a place where I can model and be healthy.” ThinkingGivingKindDifferentReasonProblemGirlTermHealthyLuckyEmbarrassedNo Problem Author:Crystal Renn
“I was lucky I guess. My main job was done when I finally found Ben Whishaw and knew that there was someone who could portray a character who was so ambiguous and multi-faceted. Ben is equally dark and innocent; potentially violent and yet at the same time kind of a boy. He got all that across and still makes audiences root for the guy even though they might be kind of disturbed by that fact.” KindDoneCharacterGuyDarkBoysAudienceLuckyViolentInnocentBe KindDisturbedAmbiguous Author:Tom Tykwer
“We were lucky if we got two takes out of a scene in the Rock 'N' Roll High School. But the Ramones did get a lot of material cut out. I think Marky Ramone calls Mr. McGree "Mr. McGlube." But that was sort of endearing and charming, and made you just love the Ramones even more. Sometimes those flubs work in favor of the filmmakers. They just couldn't get out more than one sentence in a row. It was just kind of weird. I think they were just nervous.” ThinkingKindSometimesSchoolCuttingSceneLuckyHigh SchoolNervousFilmmakerCharmingOne SentenceEndearingRamones Author:P. J. Soles
“I think me, Sean Bonnette and Laura Jane Grace, and a lot of the bands people feel that way about, we're just really honest in our lyrics. I think we got really lucky in that the right kind of people who would appreciate that heard us at the right time, because there are plenty of people that are honest in their lyrics.” PeopleThinkingKindGraceHonestLuckyAppreciatePlentyRight Time Author:Jeff Rosenstock
“I'm emotionally invested in every movie that I do, period, because you've got to make that commitment. You're spending a year, 18 months of your life doing it. I'm invested in all those kinds of pieces. Most of the films I've had in my career have never tested well. I got lucky that sometimes I got supported by studios - or, at least if not supported, tolerated.” KindSometimesFilmLuckyCommitment Author:Barry Levinson
“I just don't want to be bored. That's the only criteria I have when I choose a role to play. I like it if the script is good and the director seems like he's gonna be good. But if I can find a variety of things to do, which I feel like I manage to do, as far as the actual performing goes and the character, that's huge for me. To be able to feel like I can do a fairly diverse array of things. I've been lucky in that way. I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice.” MindKindCharacterGuyBreakNiceLuckyBe GoodManageVarietyBoredPerformingDiverseBeing Nice Author:Paul Giamatti
“The problem for most people as they get older is that they start to buy into their own bullshit to the extent that they just have to eliminate from their inner sanctum anyone who is going to really challenge it. But I think all bandmates of U2 were lucky enough to have the four of us respect and regard each other to the extent that we're kind of always looking out for one another, so none of us can get away with buying into the bullshit.” PeopleThinkingKindEnoughProblemChallengesLuckyGet AwayBullshit Author:The Edge
“Dawes kind of, on purpose, were like, "Let's realize that we're going to make less money, but let's try to get as many fans from as many kind of demographics as we can." And I feel really lucky that our music exists in this world where we can open for artists like M. Ward or Bright Eyes, and then on the same side of that open for Alison Krauss.” WorldTryingKindEyePurposeArtistRealizingLuckyBright Eyes Author:Taylor Goldsmith
“I haven't really auditioned much in my career. I've been lucky in terms of the feature work; it's mostly been people that have been fans of mine that have called and said "We have this part, do you want to do it?" That kind of thing. And that's sort of still the way it is right now - I don't really go after features too much.” PeopleKindTermLucky Author:Chris Elliott
“The artist is very lucky, because in an art form that's spontaneous like jazz, that's when you really see your true self. And that's why, when I put down my instrument, that's when the challenge starts, because to learn how to be that kind of human being at that level that you are when you're playing - that's the key, that's the hard part.” KindArtArtistChallengesLuckyJazzSpontaneousTrue Self Author:Charlie Haden