“If I'm lucky, when I paint, first my patrons leave the room, then my dealers, and if I'm really lucky I leave too.” IfsFirstsRoomsLuckyPaintDealerPatron Author:Edouard Manet
“I definitely think of myself still as a writer first, and feel like - with the lucky exception of this - any acting opportunity I've gotten is usually because I was writing on it. This is like a wonderful vacation. If you've ever sat in a writers' room it's the most disgusting, tortuous place, so it's a treat to be treated like a movie actor.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingFirstsStillsActorsOpportunityRoomsActingWonderfulLuckyTreatsTreatedSatExceptionVacationDisgustingMovie Actors Author:Tina Fey
“I try to be careful and put things in perspective. There are people who have challenging lives and work hard physically and mentally. I consider myself a lucky person because I get to go on stage and tell jokes for an hour. If I miss a connection here and there or my room isn't ready now and then? It's not a big deal.” PeopleIfsTryingPersonsHardBigsHoursChallengesRoomsDealsStageMissingReadyHard WorkPerspectiveGoes OnLuckyJokesConnectionsCarefulBe CarefulNow And ThenBig DealHere And ThereLucky Person Author:Brian Regan
“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
“Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.” WholeMy OwnRoomsPartyGroupsLuckyOfficeSeriesStartingMinistersOfficialsPrimeFormalPrime MinisterCabinets Author:Tony Abbott
“We have had a good working relationship. He has got a tough job. We had different ideas sometimes and we got on pretty well. I have challenged him and he has challenged me. His form has been up and down and that can be tough. I suppose we've been lucky. Sourav and I complement each other. We are two different personalities. He is softer than me. I probably spoke my mind in the change rooms in a rougher way than him. Sourav and I formed an odd couple but it seems to have worked.” WayMindWellsHas BeensTwoIdeasDifferentSometimesSeemsJobsFormRoomsPersonalityCoupleLuckyToughDown AndOddSpokesGood WorkUp And DownComplementDifferent IdeasOdd Couple Author:John Wright
“There’s a need to perfect things in a writers’ room, and that can take a lot of fun out of a show sometimes. It’s a struggle. It depends on your personality. Some people love working with a writing staff. I had a great writing staff on Lucky Louie, but it sometimes felt like Congress or something.” PeopleNeedsWritingSometimesShowsFunFeltPerfectRoomsStrugglePersonalityDependsLuckyCongressStaffGreat WritingPerfect Things Author:Louis C. K.
“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
“For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.” WorldTodayMotherChoicesInspiringRoomsCareersLuckyGrandmotherMothers DayAdmittingCareers Choices Author:Sheryl Sandberg