“If you want to do good research, it's important not to know too much. This almost sounds contradictory but really if you know too much and you get an idea, you will sort of talk yourself out of trying it because you figure it won't work. But if you know just the right amount and you get enthusiastic about your project, you go ahead, you do it and if you're lucky things'll work out.” IfsKnowsWantTryingImportantIdeasSoundToo MuchFiguresAmountLuckyProjectsResearchWork OutEnthusiasticContradictory Author:Ivar Giaever
“Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to be able to eat ice cream. I've got to have my cookies and cream! But I work out a lot, so I burn a lot of calories.” EnoughAbleLuckyWork OutIceCreamIce CreamCookiesCalories Author:Adrian Peterson
“I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it's hard work and half of it's luck. It's been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future.” HardActingHalfHard WorkLuckyDecidedLuckFingersWork OutQuittingFortunateGymnasticsI QuitFingers Crossed Author:Nina Dobrev
“Well we were lucky because we started in Canada where everybody has a sense of humour! We flirted a little while with Josh Groban. He was personally interested in it. He said oh I'd love to do something different, and I said well it's pretty different! But in the end the dates didn't work out.” WellsLittlesSaidDifferentEndsHumourLuckyWork OutCanadaJosh Author:Eric Idle
“I just figured it out when I was approaching the age where teenagers forced to make major life decisions and I just went with my heart, which is that I love acting, and was lucky enough to kind of pursue that and for it to work out so far.” HeartKindEnoughAgeDecisionActingMy HeartLuckyMajorsWork OutPursueTeenagerLife Decision Author:Nell Hudson
“There is something wrong with our system when I can leave here and make billions of dollars in 10 years while millions of students can't even afford to pay off their loans, let alone start a business. We all know you don't get successful just by having a good idea or working hard. You get successful by being lucky too. If I had to support my family growing up, instead of having the time to learn how to code. If I didn't know that I was gonna be fine if Facebook didn't work out, then I wouldn't be standing up here today. And if we're honest, we all know how much luck we've had.” TodaySupportGrowing UpSuccessfulHonestStudentsLuckyMy FamilyLuckWork OutCodeLoan Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I've been really lucky. I didn't have any morning sickness and I've been off work for most of my pregnancy, so I've been able to do things like work out with a trainer and do prenatal yoga and all these things that have kept my body very agile and pain-free.” MorningLuckyYogaWork OutSicknessPregnancy Author:Jenna Fischer
“I wanted to be a playwright in college. That's what I was interested in and that's what I was moving toward, and then I had the lucky accident of falling in love with film. I was 19 or 20 that I realized films are made by people. Shooting digitally became cheaper and better. You couldn't make something that looked like a Hollywood film, but you could make something through which you could work out ideas. I was acting, but I was also conceiving the plots and operating the camera when I wasn't onscreen. I got very unvain about film acting, and it became a sort of graduate school for me.” PeopleSchoolFilmMovingFallActingCollegeLuckyFalling In LoveWork OutI RealizedGraduatesPlaywrightGraduate School Author:Greta Gerwig