“I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.” FeelsWritingI CanJobsFallLeftLuckySqueezing Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“I learned that my sadness never destroyed what was great about me. You just have to go back to that greatness, find that one little light that's left. I'm lucky I found one little glimmer stored away.” LittlesLightFoundLeftSadnessGreatnessLuckyDestroyed Author:Lady Gaga
“A friend of mine said to me a year ago, "You're so lucky, Nancy, because Ronnie left you the library," She said, "You have that to work on, and to go to, and, in a sense, to be with him." I had never thought of it like that, but it's true. I go to the library or work for the library all the time, because it's Ronnie. I'm working for Ronnie.” YearsSaidLeftMinesLuckyYears AgoLibrarySo LuckyNancy Author:Nancy Reagan
“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
“Going up to Canada is great because I'm not dealing with people carrying their agendas into the room. I'm lucky because 97% of the people who come to the show know who they are dealing with, whether they are on the left or the right, we're sharing the same frustration.” PeopleKnowsShowsLeftRoomsLuckyCanadaFrustrationAgendasDealing With People Author:Lewis Black
“The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.” MindSchoolLeftDramaLuckyLongevityOf My Mind Author:Conleth Hill
“There are very few distributors left to do off-Hollywood movies, and those distributors generally have got thousands of movies to choose from. So you're pretty lucky if you get one to even take your movie and it's pretty rare that they pay anything upfront.” IfsLeftPayLuckyHollywoodHollywood MoviesDistributorsYou Re Pretty Author:John Sayles
“There are some who ask us to believe that if we want the best of times for ourselves, the fit and the fortunate, then we'll just have to learn to live with the worst of times for millions of other Americans - that we're doomed to be a nation of the lucky and the left-out. I don't believe it. My mother didn't believe it. Your ancestors didn't believe it. And I don't think you should believe it.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBelieveMotherAsksLeftNationsMillionsWorstFitLuckyDon't BelieveFortunateAncestorDoomedLeft Out Author:Mario Cuomo
“I went to the University of Georgia for a year before I left, and then I went to live with Eileen Ford in New York for the modeling agency. I thank god I could do that because all the other kids were getting jobs doing other things, and when I got to New York, I was very blessed. I didn't have to stop and be a waitress. I started making money at a very young age and was just very lucky.” YearsKidsAgeJobsYoungLeftNew YorkLuckyBlessedUniversityMaking MoneyAgencyThank GodYoung AgeModelingGeorgiaWaitress Author:Kim Basinger
“All my life I've worked and I was so lucky to go from a radio station in Washington to the Dodgers and of course, it never stopped. For me to suddenly put the key in the ignition and turn the engine off, it's kind of a frightening thought. I put the key in and left it there, God willing, for another year.” YearsKindTurnsCoursesLeftWillingKeysLuckyRadioGods WillStationsEnginesFrighteningSo LuckyRadio StationsDodgersAnother Year Author:Vin Scully
“I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a "career builder," I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with "Caprica," the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.” FeelsJobsLeftDarkCareersLuckySmartDrawsComplexesScriptsGenreBuilderFeels RightVery Smart Author:Eric Stoltz
“It's a luxury to play. I get to play basketball for a living. I'm a lucky guy and I'm thankful for everything I have and what I get to do. I realize how many people would give their left foot to just play one game in the NBA. This is the NBA!” PeopleGivingPlayGuyGamesLeftRealizingFeetLuckyBasketballLuxuryNbaLucky Guy Author:Chris Bosh
“When I left the theatre and turned to writing, one of the big pulls was that, unlike the theatre, I didn't have to wait to be hired before I could do my art. That was huge. But you still have to figure out how to support your habit; it's rare and lucky when art pays the bills.” WritingArtStillsBigsLeftWaitingPaySupportFiguresHugeHabitLuckyBillsTheatre Author:Debra Dean
“I have the opportunity to make my films and I think that's a luxury. I don't have any problems by filming things that can have a connection with left-wing policy, even if we have a right-wing government. There are some countries which cannot say the same, so I'm lucky.” IfsThinkingCountryProblemGovernmentFilmOpportunityLeftPolicyLuckyConnectionsWingsLuxuryRight WingLeft Wing Author:Miguel Gomes
“I was lucky I survived the motorcycle accident because I - bike went under the car. I flew out about 20 or 25 feet. I didn't have a helmet on. I hit my head on the pavement and knocked myself out, gave myself a brain concussion, screwed up my left leg. And I was - I was lucky then that I didn't get killed because I didn't have any protective clothing on whatsoever. And I took a pretty good beating. But, yeah, such was the nature of the day when the barber was called and Samson's locks were trimmed.” LeftBrainFeetCarLuckyYeahLegsAccidentsClothingsLocksSurvivedBikeProtectiveFlewMotorcycleScrewed UpHelmetPavementBarbersConcussionsSamson Author:Bruce Springsteen
“The left think that this special place in the world, the United States of America, it just happened. It just is. And it's our responsibility, as those who are lucky and fortunate enough, to happen to have been born here. It is incumbent upon us to share that same luck and good fortune with everybody else. Otherwise we are mean, selfish, polarized, partisan, extremist, racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe, whatever.” ThinkingWorldMeanHas BeensStatesEnoughHappensAmericaLeftBornUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesHappenedShareSpecialLuckyLuckFortuneSelfishFortunateRacistUnited States Of AmericaGood FortuneExtremistPlaces In The WorldPartisansSexistBigotsSpecial PlacesIncumbentsHomophobes Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where one fits. I left home when I was sixteen and lived in places where it was very easy for me to have fallen the other way. I could have been on the large convoy because I was a woman and I was alone. In India, that's not a joke. I could have ended up very, very badly. I'm lucky that I didn't.” ThinkingWayHas BeensHomeArtistLeftEasyFitLuckyJokesIndiaOneselfFallenCould Have BeenSixteen Author:Arundhati Roy