Fortunate Quotes - Page 39

• Fortune, to show us her power in all things, and to abate our presumption, seeing she could not make fools wise, has made them fortunate.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Wise, Fool, Made

  Michel de Montaigne (1872). “All the Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne”, p.741

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• The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.

  Anton Chekhov

  Education, Men, Culture

  Note-Book of Anton Chekhov, 1921.

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• The joyous fulfillment of your sex : the sacred duties of beloved wife, and helpmeet, and mother. In opposition to the vulgar and mercantile hurly-burly of the great world, the idyllic pleasures of the domestic hearth-the which, I firmly believe, make of one small room an everywhere, indeed; and provide us with that small measure of bliss, which is, if we are greatly fortunate, and deserving, Our Lord's promise to us, of the Heaven to come.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Mother, Sex, Women

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• It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I was fortunate enough to satisfy my subjects, I was not fortunate enough to satisfy myself.

  Christina, Queen of Sweden

  Royalty, Enough, Difficult

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• Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep.

  Agnes Meyer Driscoll

  Roots, People

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• I'd never complain about the attention - ever. I feel very fortunate to be doing what I love to do. Not everyone gets that chance every day. This is just part of it, and it comes down to managing my time to make sure I concentrate on my passion, which is the hockey, and have time away from hockey.

  Sidney Crosby

  Passion, Hockey, Complaining

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• We're extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.

  Wislawa Szymborska

  Long, World, Kind

  Wislawa Szymborska (2015). “Map: Collected and Last Poems”, p.316, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio.

  Nellie Fox

  Baseball, Requirements, Fine

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• Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.

  Vidya Balan

  Strong Women, Blessed, Unique

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• Andrew Cuomo own story taught Andrew Cuomo that as Americans, we are bound together as one people, and our country's success rests on the success of all of us, not just a fortunate few.

  Barack Obama

  Success, Country, People

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• We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Imagination, Imagine, Fortune

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• Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Party, Independent, Responsibility

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• The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.

  Herodotus

  Life, Happiness, Real

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• We are so fortunate that our work in connecting the world through Facebook has given us the ability to give back to our local community, our country and the world -- and to work to improve education, health care and internet access for everyone, to serve our community in San Francisco, we can think of no better place to focus than The General.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Education, Country, Health

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• Of all the problems of conservation, none is more urgent that the polluted air which endangers the American people. We have been fortunate so far. But we have seen that when winds fail to blow, the concentrations of poisonous clouds over our cities can become perilous.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Blow, Clouds, Air

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1970). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969”, p.361, Best Books on

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• I don't understand these people anymore, that travel the commuter-trains to their dormitory towns. These people that call themselves human, but, by a pressure they do not feel, are forced to do their work like ants. With what do they fill their time when they are free of work on their silly little Sundays? I am very fortunate in my profession. I feel like a farmer, with the airstrips as my fields. Those that have once tasted this kind of fare will not forget it ever. Not so, my friends?

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Silly, Sunday, People

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• I'm one of those fortunate actors who gets to work pretty much every day. I've had a run of good fortune and work with some terrific people who have hired me.

  Rob Paulsen

  Running, People, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind me dictating how the story should be told.

  Jehane Noujaim

  Cards, Stories, Credit

  "15 Questions with Jehane Noujaim". Interview with Synne D. Chapman, www.thecrimson.com. May 14, 2008.

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• I structure the scripts and work on them on films and work on scenes with writers and but I haven't written a script myself, I really respect what they do and I'm fortunate I get to work with people that I really enjoy working with and we all kind of spitball and work together on these things, but I haven't written a script yet.

  Tom Cruise

  People, Together, Scripts

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• How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Thinking, Legacy, Negative

  "Sarah Michelle Gellar Interview RINGER; Compares Her Return to TV to BUFFY Experience". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 12, 2011.

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• I was fortunate that when I was first starting out in New Orleans, I had a remarkable high-school teacher. And she was a great, great influence in my life, and I think she gave me the courage and the confidence to go forward into the real world. She instilled in me that my dreams were important and that what I was passionate about was most important.

  John Cena

  Dream, Teacher, Real

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• I've been fortunate in that I've been able to have that balance as an actress to be able to do the wild, fun action movies and also be allowed to do the dramas. Hopefully, if I'm able to keep that balance, I'd love to always try to do both.

  Angelina Jolie

  Fun, Drama, Balance

  "Angelina Jolie Talks In Cannes About 'A Mighty Heart'". Press conference, www.colesmithey.com. June 4, 2007.

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• I like to think of myself as a free spirit. I've never married. I'm not conventional in that way. But I do like romance. I've been fortunate enough that I've had great love, and I've dated remarkable men in my life. I'm very thankful for all of that.

  Patricia Clarkson

  Men, Thinking, Great Love

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• I happen to be blessed with loving what I do for a living. I love acting and I'm so fortunate to be able to work in this business. And I get these marvelous letters about how encouraging it is to see someone making the most of their time and still enjoying it.

  Betty White

  Blessed, Acting, Letters

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• I feel very fortunate to have been a part of many successful contemporary horror franchises.

  Corey Feldman

  Successful, Horror, Feels

  "Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander Interview Lost Boys: the Thirst". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2010.

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