Fortunate Quotes - Page 38

• Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

  John Webster

  Wise, Fate, Men

  Thomas Kyd, ANON ANON, John Ford, John Webster (2014). “Four Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, 'Tis Pity She's A Whore and The White Devil”, p.554, A&C Black

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• Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.

  Virgil

  Fate, Mind, Causes

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• Everything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing it. The lightning is so close at hand that it will strike at the first chance, and then there will be a pretty uproar. The young are fortunate, for they will see fine things.

  Voltaire

  Hands, Firsts, Revolution

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• People sometimes ask me if I would not give anything to be white, I answer, in the words of the song, most emphatically, 'No.'  How do I know what I might be if I were a white man?  I might be a sand-hog, burrowing away and losing my health for $8 a day.  I might be a street-car conductor at $12 or $15 a week.  There is many a white man less fortunate and less well equipped than I am.  In fact, I have never been able to discover that there was anything disgraceful in being a colored man.  But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.

  Bert Williams

  Song, Men, White Man

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• I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.

  Will McDonough

  Fighting, Heavyweights, World

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• I was fortunate to be part of a very successful show on CBS in 1986. I switched to NBC for eight years and through these experiences have gotten terrific insight into television; it's a fascinating medium.

  Will McDonough

  Successful, Nbc, Eight

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• The reason I do workshops is so I can learn, and I am fortunate that I've probably gained more from the whole experience of teaching than any one participant has. It is all about asking.

  John Sexton

  Photography, Teaching, Asking

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• He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas

  Virgil

  Learning, Able, Causes

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• God doesn't tell us to care for the less fortunate, He demands it.

  Katie Davis

  Demand, Care, Less Fortunate

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• We are fortunate to have some of the greatest and best teachers in the world, but we want to make sure that those few that try to sneak through the system are caught in advance.

  Jon Porter

  Teacher, Trying, World

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• The most painful thing in life is to wake up from a dream and find no way out. Dreamers are fortunate people. If no way out can be seen, the important thing is not to awaken the sleepers.

  Lu Xun

  Dream, Things In Life, People

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• I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with.

  Paul Kane

  Special People, Groups, World

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• For a master, the rewards gained along the way are fine, but they are not the main reason for the journey. Ultimately the master and the master's path are one. And if the traveler is fortunate - that is, if the path is complex and profound enough - the destination is two miles farther away for every mile he or she travels.

  George Leonard

  Journey, Two, Profound

  George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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• We are beginning to realize that even the most fortunate people are living far below capacity, and that most human beings develop not more than a small fraction of their potential mental and spiritual efficiency. The human race, in fact, is surrounded by a large area of unrealized possibilities, a challenge to the spirit of exploration.

  Julian Huxley

  Spiritual, Race, People

  Julian Huxley (1957). “New Bottles for New Wine: Essays”

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• I'm never going to be the lead actor guy. I'm real quiet and real happy and real fortunate to keep working. It's what I do. It's like the circus. I ran away and joined it a long time ago.

  Michael Ironside

  Real, Long, Guy

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm fortunate in that I don't think I've ever fallen in love with somebody who hasn't fallen in love with me. I actually think it's quite rare that that happens, in a true way.

  Hugh Dancy

  Thinking, Way, Fallen

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Nina Dobrev

  Hard Work, Gymnastics, Work Out

  "Nina Dobrev's New Chapter". Interview with Michael Pena, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 8, 2015.

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• I've very fortunate to come from a great family who are extremely supportive of me and I'll always have them to fall back on.

  Liam Hemsworth

  Fall, Supportive, Great Family

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I have never stopped performing live.I've been blessed with the talent to sing and play the piano so I can fit into a lot of different configurations and venues. I play public and private performances and it has served me well. And I've been fortunate to work in Europe and Asia as well as The US. So for those who have not attended my shows, it doesn't mean I'm not performing.

  Oleta Adams

  Blessed, Mean, Play

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• I've been fortunate to live a very full professional life. Most of it has happened through God's graciousness and not from something I've imagined.

  Oleta Adams

  Graciousness, Happened, Professional Life

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• I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous.

  Julia Roberts

  Smart, People, Interesting

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I've been extraordinarily successful for my age. I think for probably anyone's age, I'm very fortunate.

  Anne Hathaway

  Successful, Thinking, Age

  "The Devil Wears Prada - Anne Hathaway interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I believe you can never stop growing and learning and I've been very fortunate to have been working since I was 10 or 11-years-old. I have learned so much throughout the years working with amazing directors and great actors as well. This was really a huge step for me because it's very different from anything that I've done before but I think the biggest difference here is that the cast we were surrounded by in this movie was unbelievable.

  Taylor Lautner

  Believe, Thinking, Years

  "Abduction - Taylor Lautner interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis and Jack [from Brokeback Mountain] or whatever - not that I'd mind being Ennis for half an hour. But it's been so much worse recently. It still is terrible. In Iran, they're hanging gay teenagers. I'm grateful for how far the United States, even with its crazy Christians, has come on a lot of issues. And the fact that I get called a faggot occasionally by a crack addict, while annoying, certainly isn't a lobotomy and prison.

  Dan Savage

  Christian, Crazy, Teenager

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 8, 2006.

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• Any time I think out loud, 'I can't believe this is my job,' and remember I am a very lucky duck. Whether marshalling hundreds of zombies, doing crazy stunts or shooting big music numbers, I just feel fortunate to have made my passion my vocation.

  Steven Soderbergh

  Jobs, Crazy, Believe

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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