“America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster area from which lucky or pushy people emigrate to the Promised Land.” PeopleWorldSelfAmericaPoliticalUnited StatesEconomicLandCitizensLuckyAreasRegardDisasterArroganceIsolationSelf SufficiencySufficiencyPromised LandPushy Author:Alison Lurie
“My self-image it still isn't that alright. No matter how famous I am, no matter how many people go to see my movies, I still have the idea that I'm that pale no-hoper that I used to be. A pale no-hoper that happens to be a little lucky now. Tomorrow it'll be all over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again.” PeopleLittlesStillsIdeasSelfMatterHappensUsedTomorrowLuckySellingUsed To BePensPaleAlright Author:Johnny Depp
“I'm a mother and I have a daughter. I'm lucky to be in a position where I'm able to teach her things like self love and acceptance.” SelfAbleMotherTeachPositionAcceptanceSelf LoveLuckyDaughterLove And Acceptance Author:Denise Bidot
“As an actor it's easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself: "Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?" Yet here I am, so I'm lucky.” SelfEnoughActorsEasyLuckySmartCriticalGood EnoughLooking GoodHere I Am Author:Chris Pine
“I love to exercise my creativity in many ways but as each year of specialization goes by I feel further and further from my other creative selves. I used to be able to see myself doing many things and sometimes I still long for a job that involves less pressure and grappling with people but, as you say, I am one of the lucky ones so I try to just focus on feeling lucky and carry on!” PeopleWayFeelsTryingYearsLongStillsSelfSometimesFeelingsAbleJobsUsedCreativityCreativeFocusExerciseLuckyPressureUsed To BeSpecializationGrappling Author:Ani DiFranco
“I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated.” SelfSometimesIssuesSelf EsteemLuckyEsteemNervousRealisingTerrificOverratedSelf Esteem Issues Author:Christopher Hitchens
“It's like a relay race of being ignored. It is really challenging, but whenever I get asked that stuff, I feel really self-conscious about it. I feel really lucky because we have a lot of help. When I first began to be a dad with Gwen [Stefani], I was amazed at what she went through.” FeelsFirstsSelfHelpingStuffChallengesRaceDadLuckyConsciousAmazedIgnoredSelf ConsciousRelaysBeing IgnoredRelay Races Author:Gavin Rossdale
“The nice thing about live performance is that I've never, ever been let down. Partly I'm lucky that my audience self-selects itself. Generally they know what they're in for, and generally we all just like each other and get along. But I always find one or two or a dozen really interesting people in the audience who make the show different. And that's one of the things I really like about performing.” PeopleKnowsTwoDifferentSelfShowsInterestingAudienceNiceLuckyPerformancesPerformingDozenReally InterestingNice ThingsLet DownLive Performance Author:John Hodgman
“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