“in reading ... stories, you can be many different people in many different places, doing things you would never have a chance to do in ordinary life. It's amazing that those twenty-six little marks of the alphabet can arrange themselves on the pages of a book and accomplish all that. Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely.” PeopleLittlesBookDifferentStoriesReadingChanceReaderLuckySixPagesOrdinaryLonelyMarkTwentiesAccomplishBoredDifferent PeoplesBook ReadingDifferent PlaceAlphabetOrdinary LifeReading Stories Author:Natalie Babbitt
“I was really lucky. I had a really great opportunity. I went to an all girls, very small private school from seventh grade all the way to graduating. It was so wonderful because the focus was school at school...and during the week I could be that nerdy bookworm of a girl, and do six hours of homework at night.” WaySchoolNightGirlOpportunityHoursFocusWonderfulWeekLuckySixGradesGraduatesReally GreatHomeworkGreat OpportunityNerdyPrivate SchoolSeventh GradeBookworms Author:Sophia Bush
“I didn't speak a single word of English when I was told that I was one of the lucky students been selected to go to study at the Houston Ballet Academy. I knew I had to study hard in every aspect, in both language and dance, which I did. I put my whole heart and soul into each minute of my day while in America and what an experience those six weeks gave me.” HeartSoulHardWholeAmericaSpeakLanguageStudyWeekMinutesStudentsLuckySixAspectBalletAcademyHeart And SoulSelectedHoustonSingle Word Author:Li Cunxin
“A poet trains himself to stand out in a storm and be struck by lightning. If he is lucky enough to be struck six times, he becomes immortal. Randall Jarrell said it and he's right.” IfsSaidEnoughPoetLuckySixTrainStormImmortalLightningStanding Out Book:The voiced connections of James Dickey: interviews and conversations Source: The voiced connections of James Dickey: interviews and conversations
“I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films. I was very well paid for my age, and I could make choices, decide not to do a film for six months and wait until I'd get the right thing. Which made me quite a coward, you know. It's so easy to say no to stuff, and then, after a while, it's very hard to go back in.” KnowsNeedsWellsMadeHardAgeFilmYoungChoicesFatherEasyStuffWaitingMonthsLuckySixPaidRight ThingWealthyCowardSix MonthsSo Lucky Author:Charlotte Gainsbourg
“I'm an only child. My mum and dad are six in each family. They're both twins, and they only wanted one. I always say to them though that they're lucky - it could have all gone wrong.” ChildrenWantedGoneDadLuckySixMumTwinsOnly ChildMum And Dad Author:Luke Evans
“Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or seven pages on a very good day; the average is probably three pages.” ThreeLiteraturePleaseLuckySixPagesSevenVery GoodAverageCopiesGood DayPlease Me Author:Dean Koontz
“In my experience in series TV if you have a good crew and a great cast it's going to be a great group - similar to the theater where it's a bunch of people who are really talented and go to work each day and challenge each other and if you are lucky enough to get a hit then it's five or six or seven years of this kind of work.” PeopleIfsYearsKindEnoughChallengesFiveGroupsTvsLuckySixTheaterSeriesSevenCastsBunchEach DayCrewSeven Years Author:Denis Leary