“I take advantage of the opportunities that have come my way. I think I've lucked out that I've never been thrust in the spotlight where people wanted to dissect every aspect of my life. I've been given a lot of distance and respect. It's allowed me the best of both worlds. I have the job of my dreams, but I also have the freedom that doesn't always come with it. I feel very lucky in that sense.” PeopleThinkingWorldDreamOpportunityLuckyDistanceMy Way Author:Mandy Moore
“For the future, I don't want to make solid plans, because you never know what will happen, but I know I don't want to be bored. I really try to focus on the present and be ready for every opportunity. I am so happy with my career and personal life. I never thought I would be working in television and movies, so I am very lucky.” TryingOpportunityFocusLuckyBoredPersonal Life Author:Rebecca Romijn
“I was very lucky. I was just finishing my PhD at Cambridge in 1981. This opportunity came up because whaling was drawing to an end. There was the prospect of a moratorium, and one of the arguments that was brought up, especially by Japanese whalers, was that, if we didn't have whaling, we would know nothing of whales. All the science depends on having dead animals, they argued, so that's one of the benefits of the whaling industry.” OpportunityAnimalLuckyArgument Author:Hal Whitehead
“Luck is opportunity meeting up with preparation. So you must prepare yourself to be lucky.” OpportunityLuckyLuckMeetingsPreparation Author:Dick Gregory
“I happen to be one of those lucky people who says that she's a working actor. And to always be working is very fulfilling and I'm just lucky because the opportunities just came up. And as an Asian American female actor, the opportunities have been furthering, have been widening all across the years. And I can say that there are many young people who see that the opportunities are expanding, as well as you can make it yourself.” PeopleOpportunityLuckyFemaleFulfillingAsian American Author:Tamlyn Tomita
“When 'American Pie' happened, I was so lucky to get that opportunity and I just tried to do a good job in that genre. But the films that inspired me as a kid were, like, Malcolm McDowall in 'A Clockwork Orange.' He was my hero.” KidsJobsFilmOpportunityHappenedHeroLuckyInspiredGenrePieOrangeGood JobMy HeroSo LuckyClockworkAmerican Pie Author:Sean William Scott
“I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that.” ThinkingWantYearsNextActorsOpportunityActingLuckyAmbitionBe GoodReally CoolCool ThingsLife Ambition Author:Kristen Stewart