“I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced” IfsFeelsWritingYearsI CanCertainSongRecordsLuckyLazyFoldsDeadline Author:Ben Folds
“I love it, man; I'm 23 years old and I'm lucky enough to write movies as a job! I just feel really blessed and can't believe it's happening.” MenFeelsWritingYearsBelieveEnoughJobsLuckyHappeningsBlessed Author:Jonah Hill
“I've been extremely lucky to work with Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore over the years, but I've always imagined films with my own scores, because I don't come from that world or that period of filmmaking. And so how could I make up my own score on a film like this where it isn't necessarily made up of popular music from the radio or the period; it isn't necessarily classical music. But what if it's modern symphonic music?” IfsWorldYearsMadeFilmMy OwnModernPeriodsLuckyRadioScoreWhat IfShoreFilmmakingClassical MusicPopular Music Author:Martin Scorsese
“A good year for me is when me and my family are in good health. I'm just lucky to have good years doing something I like to do.” YearsLuckyMy FamilyGood HealthGood Years Author:Ridley Scott
“Honestly, after doing a TV show for eight years and a cartoon for more than a decade, you are, financially speaking, in a very lucky position where you don’t have to work for the sake of working. And I decided to take advantage of that.” YearsShowsPositionTvsLuckyAdvantageDecidedSakeEightDecadesHonestlyTv ShowsCartoon Author:Mila Kunis
“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 actually met Carrie Fisher a couple of years ago. When I told her that she was my first crush, she insisted that we get married and have a reality show about it. I'm lucky to have made it out of that weekend without getting married.” YearsFirstsMadeShowsRealityCoupleMetsLuckyMarriedYears AgoMade ItCrushCarrieWeekendGetting MarriedReality ShowsFirst Crush Author:Joe Manganiello
“If at the end of your first ten or fifteen years of fighting and working and feeling, you find you've written one line of one poem, you'll be very lucky indeed.” IfsYearsFirstsEndsFeelingsFightingLinesWrittenLuckyTenFifteenFifteen YearsOne Line Author:e. e. cummings
“Hamburg is getting a new symbol with its new Elbe Philharmonic concert hall. Such an architecturally impressive building is built somewhere in the world maybe once every five years, if you're lucky.” IfsWorldYearsFiveBuildingLuckyBuiltSymbolsFive YearsHallsConcertsImpressive Author:Charles Landry
“I grew up in different orphanages in Israel, and if they gave me a pair of shoes, a shirt, and pair of pants every year, I was lucky. The rest was handouts, leftover clothes. So I appreciated clothes because I only had one new shirt each year.” IfsYearsDifferentGrewLuckyClothesGrew UpShoesIsraelShirtsPairsPantsAppreciatedPair Of ShoesOrphanageHandouts Author:Elie Tahari
“Playing Sheldon is just heaven for me. I realize how enormously lucky I am to play a role that makes me so incredibly happy. As I told Chuck Lorre in a Christmas card a few years ago, I'm living a version of the dream.” YearsPlayDreamHeavenRealizingRolesLuckyYears AgoVersionsCardsChuckChristmas Card Author:Jim Parsons
“I'm lucky to be alive. It took three years of therapy to recover but I did it.” YearsThreeAliveLuckyTherapyThree YearsLucky To Be Alive Author:Kevin Sorbo
“I can have a whole year off. I'm really lucky because I'm my own boss, so I make the rules and get to choose when I take time off.” YearsI CanWholeMy OwnLuckyBossTake TimeTime OffWhole Year Author:Sharleen Spiteri
“I just don't see anything available that gives any reasonable hope of delivering such a good year and I have no desire to grope around, hoping to 'get lucky' with other people's money. I am not attuned to this market environment, and I don't want to spoil a decent record by trying to play a game I don't understand just so I can go out a hero.” PeopleWantGivingTryingYearsI CanPlayDesireGamesRecordsEnvironmentHeroLuckyAvailableDecentReasonableSpoilDeliveringGood Years Author:Warren Buffett
“I went to the University of Georgia for a year before I left, and then I went to live with Eileen Ford in New York for the modeling agency. I thank god I could do that because all the other kids were getting jobs doing other things, and when I got to New York, I was very blessed. I didn't have to stop and be a waitress. I started making money at a very young age and was just very lucky.” YearsKidsAgeJobsYoungLeftNew YorkLuckyBlessedUniversityMaking MoneyAgencyThank GodYoung AgeModelingGeorgiaWaitress Author:Kim Basinger
“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
“All my life I've worked and I was so lucky to go from a radio station in Washington to the Dodgers and of course, it never stopped. For me to suddenly put the key in the ignition and turn the engine off, it's kind of a frightening thought. I put the key in and left it there, God willing, for another year.” YearsKindTurnsCoursesLeftWillingKeysLuckyRadioGods WillStationsEnginesFrighteningSo LuckyRadio StationsDodgersAnother Year Author:Vin Scully
“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
“I think I made some mistakes, in different areas, but it's great to be working in a show again now, many years down the track. I have worked in many other different shows in Australia and I've been able to learn from my mistakes. I'm lucky that I made those mistakes early on in Australia, and I definitely won't make them again in the States, but you've got to learn that stuff.” ThinkingYearsMadeDifferentStatesShowsAbleStuffMistakeLuckyAreasTrackAustraliaMy MistakesLearn From My Mistakes Author:Dustin Clare
“I'm often asked, "What is your favorite moment during the 30 years you hosted [The Tonight Show]?" I really don't have just one. The times I enjoyed the most were the spontaneous, unplanned segments that just happened, like Ed Ames' infamous "Tomahawk Toss" that produced one of the longest laughs in television history. When these lucky moments happen, you just go with them and enjoy the experience and high of the moment.” YearsMomentsShowsHappensEnjoyLaughingHappenedTelevisionLuckyEnjoyedJust OneTonightSpontaneousTossYour FavoriteInfamous Author:Johnny Carson
“There are Russian spies here now. And if we're lucky, they'll steal some of our secrets and they'll be two years behind.” IfsYearsTwoSecretBehindsLuckyStealingTwo YearsSpy Author:Mort Sahl
“I got very lucky to work with Wes Craven, very early on in my career, and continued to work with Wes for almost 19 years. I learned so much from him, and about his sense of story and his sense of horror, and that was great to be a part of.” YearsStoriesCareersHorrorLucky Author:Patrick Lussier
“Yeah, but before anything, I think in 6 years somehow I've grown up to have a beautiful home, 2 beautiful stepchildren, a beautiful husband, my family is healthy and happy. I'm financially ok and I do what I love for a living. That's what I think, and I think god, how did I get so lucky.” ThinkingYearsHomeBeautifulHealthyLuckyHusbandMy FamilyYeahSo LuckyHealthy And HappyStepchildStepchildren Author:Angelina Jolie
“I was just burnt out. I didn't like the music business and I didn't like me. There's an element of falseness about the whole thing. Even things like doing an interview. It's not as though we just met in the pub and are having a chat - it's part of a process. If you do it all day, every day for years, you end up thinking: 'Who the hell am I?' I was lucky enough to make some money, enough to let me kick back. It was a great experience and it was nice to have a couple of No.1s but the best thing about it was that the money I made allowed me to have freedom and choice in my life.” IfsThinkingYearsMadeEndsEnoughWholeChoicesProcessHellNiceCoupleMetsLuckyElementsLet MeLike MeBest ThingsKicksInterviewsMusic BusinessPubsGreat ExperiencesBurnt OutFalseness Author:Rick Astley
“At least here in Stockholm if you go out to any of our 4 metal clubs and talk to ten guys you can be sure nine of them play in a band! The bad thing is there is no underground movement here anymore. Going to a show with local band's ten years ago would mean at least 300 people, now you can be lucky if 50 shows up!” PeopleIfsYearsMeanPlayShowsGuyMovementLuckyBandTenYears AgoClubsNineLocalsBad ThingsMetalsStockholm Author:Johan Hegg
“I've been getting publishing royalties and stuff like that. I have just been lucky. They come in at the right time. Sometimes they don't, but I am not wealthy or anything like that. I just love to work. I would rather work three hundred and something days out of the year. I would rather be working. They don't know. I love playing. Then I can really get my music together.” KnowsYearsI CanSometimesTogetherThreeStuffLuckyHundredWealthyPublishingRight TimeRoyalty Author:Pharoah Sanders
“It was very necessary I think 'cause you know, when the band's over, or at least in our heads, for a year it makes you really realize how lucky you are to be doing this and why piss in the well?” ThinkingKnowsYearsWellsCausesRealizingLuckyBandLucky You Author:Jess Margera
“I've been really lucky from eight years old to continue doing what I do and continue to love it. I've been able to travel all over the world. I've had experiences at my age that a lot of people haven't. So, you know, I've missed out on certain things, but in other ways I've gained, so it balances itself out.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayYearsAgeAbleCertainHavensBalanceLuckyEight Author:Elijah Wood
“Ross [Mathews] was my favorite for years so I am glad he is part of the family. I have stayed in touch and connected with many over the years. I am very lucky that way.” WayYearsLuckyMy FavoriteConnectedGlad Author:Michelle Visage
“I have stayed in touch and connected with many over the years. I am very lucky that way. Some that you don't expect to connect with you will wind up loving. The ones that you look the forward to the most will sometimes let you down.” WayYearsLooksSometimesWindLuckyConnected Author:Michelle Visage
“The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs above pubs. I learned to act in anonymity, so by the time people saw me, I knew what I was doing. I was crap for years, but no one saw me being crap. It's a trade you learn.” PeopleThinkingYearsCharacterShowsJobsActingSawsLuckyTradeTricksCrapShowing OffAnonymityPubs Author:Eddie Marsan
“I absolutely loathe and hate the work... But I love youth. I realise how lucky it is being with youth, and what an honour that is. Nowhere else could a fat 47-year-old speak to people as young as this. They'd think you were a paedophile.” PeopleThinkingYearsYoungHateSpeakLove YouYouthLuckyFatsHonourRealisingLoathe Author:Louise Wilson
“Speaking as someone who bought the party line for far too long, you would be amazed what you can believe if you keep convincing yourself the press, the libs, the universities - hell, everyone but a few on the religious fringe and big business - are out to get you. I was lucky - I started to snap out of this a couple of years ago and hopefully will now apply to both major parties the same skepticism and cynicism I had in the past reserved for Democrats.” IfsYearsBelieveLongBigsWould BePastReligiousLinesPartyHellCoupleLuckyMajorsYears AgoPressesDemocratUniversityHopefullyCynicismSkepticismAmazedConvincingFringeReservedSnapsBig BusinessConvincing Yourself Author:John Cole
“I was lucky enough to build on the work of a number of people who had already run laps around this theory-building track. The original classification scheme, years ago, distinguished radical from incremental change. The theory said that established firms managed incremental change well, but would be expected to founder when their industry encountered a radical change.” PeopleYearsWellsSaidEnoughWould BeRunningNumbersBuildingTheoryIndustryLuckyYears AgoOriginalsTrackExpectedRadicalFirmSchemesFoundersLapDistinguishedClassificationRadical ChangeIncremental Change Author:Clayton Christensen
“On a micro level, if we're not terribly lucky, this sort of thing can happen to us quite frequently - the political becoming the personal in dramatic and irreparable ways. I remember the first time I went out into the desert, passing by all these mine fields and getting the history on them from my guide and realizing all these murderous mechanisms were real, were just sitting out there waiting for a victim, and some of them had been for sixty, seventy, eighty years.” IfsWayYearsFirstsRealHappensRememberPoliticalWaitingRealizingLevelsFieldsMinesBecomingLuckySittingFirst TimeVictimGuidesPassingPassingsDesertDramaticMechanismSixtySeventiesEightyIrreparablePassing By Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“I had some bad jobs when I was young. Writing is not one of them. If you're fortunate enough to reach my age, to still be writing, you have to be grateful, and I am. I've been lucky. For many years, all I've done is writing, and it's all I've ever wanted to do.” IfsWritingYearsStillsDoneEnoughAgeWantedJobsYoungLuckyGratefulFortunateBe GratefulBad Jobs Author:Richard Flanagan
“I think it's so incredibly special to be able to try to recapitulate that feeling I had when I was sitting in that theater, as a 7-year-old. It's an extraordinary job. I'm incredibly lucky.” ThinkingTryingYearsFeelingsAbleJobsSpecialLuckySittingTheaterExtraordinary Author:Chris Weitz
“I've been lucky to have played a lot of women, over the years, especially in the sci-fi genre. All of them are special to me, in different ways, and I hate comparing them because it's like comparing people. They're different.” PeopleWayYearsDifferentHateSpecialLuckyI HateCompareGenreDifferent WaysSci FiSpecial To Me Author:Laura Vandervoort
“By the time I was seventeen, I was on my way to Hollywood and didn't look back. My family is supportive now, but like any adult guardian of a seventeen-year-old daughter, they were not thrilled with my plan to run off to the LA to make it as an actress. Even a somewhat functioning parent would think that was a bad, bad idea. Lucky for me, I didn't listen to them.” ThinkingWayYearsLooksIdeasRunningParentPlansLuckyDaughterAdultsMy FamilyHollywoodActressesMy WaySupportiveGuardianBad IdeasSeventeenSeventeen Years Old Author:Amber Heard
“I feel lucky to receive such critical attention and praise when you're in a show that's going to last a month, it's just easier when audiences are more receptive. I've done two new shows this year, so I'm always excited to work on something a little older, traditional and structured.” FeelsYearsLittlesTwoDoneShowsLastsAttentionAudienceMonthsEasierLuckyPraiseExcitedCriticalTraditionalReceptive Author:Zoe Kazan
“I was desperate to work with Stuart Immonen, who I have talked with for several years about doing a project together. So just the stars aligned. I knew that Stuart had a little break in his schedule, where he would be willing to do a project with me. So this year I've been very lucky.” YearsLittlesWould BeTogetherStarsBreakWillingLuckyProjectsDesperateSchedules Author:Mark Millar
“You have to ask yourself the question, do you have the smartest people in the world working for your company? And if you do, you're lucky. But if you don't, put up the incentive. And have someone who is absolutely brilliant who's a 22-year old in India who says what about this way? And who revolutionizes the way you do business.” PeopleIfsWorldWayYearsAsksCompanyLuckyIndiaBrilliantIncentives Author:Peter Diamandis
“I was in a business for years where the stylist styled me, and I was wearing things from other designers. I was just there to be a conduit to those things. To be lucky enough to be embraced, having branched out from being a model, has been the greatest gift ever.” YearsHas BeensEnoughLuckyModelsDesignerGreatest GiftsStylist Author:Erin Wasson
“The good news for me is that I have an amazing team behind me, and they've been with me for 20 years now - almost 20 years. And they have seen me as an actress, not necessarily just a black actress. So I have been lucky enough for them to see me that way.” WayYearsHas BeensEnoughBlackBehindsTeamLuckyNewsActressesGood News Author:Regina King
“When I was writing Caramelo the last couple of years, a sixty-hour work week was normal. And now I'm lucky if I have eight hours.” IfsWritingYearsLastsHoursWeekCoupleLuckyNormalEightSixtyWork Week Author:Sandra Cisneros
“[We were very lucky that Sean [ Ellis ] researched the film [Anthropoid ] for many years.] We sort of piggybacked on his knowledge, and he gave us a lot of materials, which we read. For me, the greatest resource was actually shooting the film in Prague.” YearsFilmMaterialsLuckyResourcesShootingSeanPrague Author:Cillian Murphy
“We're going to get to the point where we ask how the hell we put up with high carbon for so many years. You thank your lucky stars, because you are seeing this transformation in your lifetime. You are going to tell your children and your grandchildren you saw this whole thing in front of your eyes.” YearsChildrenWholeEyeAsksStarsHellSawsSeeingFrontsLuckyTransformationOur ChildrenLifetimeYour ChildrenCarbonGrandchildrenLucky Star Author:Christiana Figueres
“I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensKingsLuckySellsPressesListsRight PlaceNo MoneyPlace And Time Author:W. P. Kinsella
“In the summer between my freshman and sophomore year, my grandfather got me a job at a local messenger company working on Wall Street. I was lucky enough to have been in the business during a stock market boom but just before the fax machine appeared on the scene, let alone email and the Internet. As a result, the messenger business was booming.” YearsHas BeensEnoughJobsResultsCompanyStreetsWallInternetSceneLuckySummerMachinesLocalsGrandfatherEmailMy GrandfatherMessengersFreshmanSophomoreFaxSophomore YearFax Machines Author:Lewis Schiff
“I was so lucky. I had a dad and a mom that loved me and my sisters so much. My Uncle Mike and Uncle Frank were married. They must be together for fortysomething years now. Long story short, there was never any stigma attached to that. At the youngest age, I remember my dad saying, "Sometimes men love men and women love women. It's nature.” MenYearsLongSometimesStoriesAgeTogetherRememberMomDadLuckyMarriedMen And WomenMy DadMy SisterFrankUnclesMikeStigmaSo LuckyLong Story Author:Michael Buble