“My life is perfectly happy and giggly and I'm perfectly grateful every day; if there are problems to have, the ones I have are the ones to have; I'm lucky.” IfsProblemLife IsLuckyGrateful Author:Jennifer Lynch
“I don’t have a problem with recognition ... It’s very, very rarely about who I am, it’s always, ‘I love your work.’ ... It’s always in relation to my work, which I think is a really lucky thing to have happen as opposed to, ‘Oh, you’re a famous personality’.” ThinkingProblemHappensLove YouPersonalityLuckyRelationWho I AmRecognitionWorking ItLove Your Work Author:C. C. H. Pounder
“Actually, I was lucky enough; I was a heavyweight, so making weight for me was never that much of a problem in high school. Now, it would just be near impossible, because I'm a little heavier.” LittlesEnoughProblemSchoolImpossibleLuckyHigh SchoolWeightNflHeavyweights Author:Alex Mack
“The most important thing in convoluted families, I learnt as I wrote, is that the child feels loved. I knew from a young age that I was a problem which required constant solving; but I never felt unloved. I was lucky.” FeelsChildrenImportantProblemAgeYoungFeltLuckyImportant ThingsConstantYoung AgeUnlovedConvoluted Author:Allegra Huston
“I have no complaints. I think I'm especially lucky. As you said, I've come from outside and I'm not even anywhere closely connected. But I have absolutely no problem here. People have been more than welcoming, even before I was ready.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensSaidProblemReadyLuckyConnectedWelcomeComplaintsNo Problem Author:Katrina Kaif
“I grew up in and the teachers. I think I was very lucky. I think I had a lot of social capital, and so when I found myself in this position of influence, I just - then I started to engage a bit with some of the problems in the world and realize that I could actually have an impact.” ThinkingWorldProblemFoundSocialBitsRealizingTeacherInfluencePositionGrewLuckyGrew UpImpactSocial Capital Author:Matt Damon
“I've been very lucky. I've had my problems in the past, I've had my troubles, but you move on. I had a great life and I am really thankful for it.” ProblemPastMovingTroubleLucky Author:Anthony Hopkins
“If there's a big problem and you've got the right people with you, usually the answer emerges and you do what's the obvious thing to do. I don't think of myself as some great manager or great leader. I've been very lucky to be in the positions that I've been in. I meet a lot of people and I've grown a lot of companies, and I meet a lot of CEOs at big enterprises. I'm always so surprised at how much they seem to know. It doesn't always seem to be correlated to how well they actually do.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWellsProblemBigsSeemsAnswersBusinessCompanyLeaderPositionLuckyObviousManagersThings To DoGreat MenEnterpriseCeoGreat LeaderBig ProblemsObvious ThingsGreat Managers Author:Larry Brilliant
“My problems seemed so glamorous to other people, and everyone just thought I was so lucky. But then, I was lucky because my family was really there for me. I think I just felt like I really wanted to hold on to who I was as a person, and try to have as much of a normal life as I could.” PeopleThinkingTryingPersonsProblemWantedFeltLuckyNormalMy FamilyGlamorousNormal LifeSo Lucky Author:Winona Ryder
“We sat looking out at the ocean. There was just so much of it, and it never failed to take my breath away. Looking at the ocean gave me the same sensation I'd get staring at a sky full of stars- that I was small. Like the way a math problem reveals its undeniable truth, I knew when I stared into this sort of endlessness that my life didn't count for much of anything. And knowing that, that I was nothing but a speck, I felt pretty lucky for all that I had.” WayProblemStarsFeltKnowingSkyLuckyOceanBreathsMathStaringSatSensationsSpecksMath Problems Book:The Summer I Learned to Fly Source: The Summer I Learned to Fly
“No matter how many frustrations come along, or how many problems arise, I never lose the feeling of how lucky I am. I'm so pleased to be doing a job that makes me laugh every day. I'm aware that it's a huge privilege.” MatterFeelingsProblemJobsLosesLaughingHugeLuckyPrivilegeAriseFrustrationMake Me Laugh Author:Sharon Horgan
“I have so many wonderful people in my life. I've never had any major physical problems or an accident or anything like that. I'm a very, very lucky person, thus far, knock on wood.” PeoplePersonsProblemWonderfulLuckyMajorsWoodsAccidentsLucky Person Author:Carrie Underwood
“The problem was that Panama technically belonged to Colombia, which refused to sign a treaty leasing it to the United States. So Roosevelt sent a gunboat filled with marines down to Panama, just on the off chance that a revolution might suddenly break out, and darned if one didn't, two days later. Not only that, but the leaders of the new nation of Panama-talk about lucky breaks!-were absolutely thrilled to have the United States build a canal there. 'Really, it's our pleasure,' they told the marines, adding, 'Don't shoot.'” IfsTwoStatesProblemMightNationsChancePleasureUnitedLeaderBreakUnited StatesRevolutionLuckyFilledMarineTreatiesTwo DaysBreak OutColombiaCanalsPanamaLucky Breaks Book:Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States Source: Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
“I'll be totally honest in that I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects. When you're directing something that's generally two years of your life, you have to understand that. If I'm going to pour that kind of love and energy and sweat and heartache, all that juju into something, I'm going to lean into my own projects before someone else's.” IfsFeelsYearsKindTwoProblemJobsCertainEnergyMy OwnHonestLuckyProjectsDirectIncrediblesHeartacheTwo YearsSweatKinds Of LoveJuju Author:Lake Bell
“I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects.” FeelsYearsProblemJobsCertainLuckyProjectsDirectIncredibles Author:Lake Bell
“Originally, when I got the role of Lisa [from Visitors], I was a little concerned, because I was worried I would be typecast as an alien for the rest of my life. But they are so, so different that it wasn't at all a problem. I'm very lucky. I'm blessed to be on another show. I think it's going to do really well.” ThinkingWellsLittlesDifferentShowsProblemWould BeRolesLuckyConcernedBlessedAliensWorriedVisitors Author:Laura Vandervoort
“To be yourself and to learn from your mistakes. If you have a problem, try to get help, you can get through it if you get help. When we were on the show, there was no paparazzi, none of that. I was really lucky that I got to avoid all that.” IfsTryingHelpingShowsProblemMistakeLuckyBeing YourselfPaparazziLearn From Your Mistakes Author:Maureen McCormick
“It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't mean you know anything about marketing. Or layout. Or editing. Or publicity. Or selling your books for foreign markets.Everyone can point to a few examples of people that have done very well for themselves self-publishing. But honestly, those folks are lucky as lottery winners.” PeopleKnowsWellsMeanBookSelfDoneStoriesProblemMightExampleLuckyLettersMarketingFolksBe GoodHonestlySellingWinnerPublishingEditingPublicityLotteryLayoutQueries Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“You don't solve anything ever, really. You simply state a problem which, when you're lucky, gives you some idea of what possible problems you can - it indicates, you know, your future headaches.” KnowsGivingIdeasStatesProblemLuckySolveOur FutureYour FutureHeadache Author:Garry Winogrand
“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. My children didn't have health issues, didn't have big school problems, etc. And as I watched some of my peers go through this, you can see how quickly a family can get derailed when they are not lucky.” ChildrenProblemBigsSchoolIssuesLuckyMy ChildrenEtcPeersHealth Issues Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“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
“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
“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
“The basic thing that made Trump popular is that he blamed others for the problems that we have in the United States. We have a problem. Let's face it. The typical income, median income, of a full-time male worker - and the workers who have a full-time job are the lucky ones - is at the same level it was 42 years ago. At the bottom, real wages in the United States are at the same level they were 60 years ago.” RealProblemLuckyBottom Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.” NeedsLongStillsDifferentProblemTodayVoiceIssuesLuckySingingBoxesMusclesRenewalVocalCordsVocal Cords Author:Shania Twain