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• Sadly, this picture [ Joy] does not go from strength to strength. It sinks into a morass of tedious obstacles to this woman's success. Joy the person may be able to surmount all barriers, but the film with her name on it is not so fortunate.

  David O. Russell

  Names, Joy, Doe

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• I was fortunate that by the time I was born, there were a lot of comforts and at the same time I lived in a neighborhood where it was brought to my eyes every single day that people didn't live like me. Every day I knew that many of my friends "got relief." That was important in my thinking about the world, thinking that not everybody lived that way.

  Grace Paley

  Eye, Thinking, People

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• I really do fervently believe that every child deserves to have the kind of access to educational opportunities, broadly defined, including music and sports, that I enjoyed. So, I'm trying to do my part, and I believe that all of us with a privileged background who are fortunate enough to have had that kind of access have a responsibility to try to pass it on.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Sports, Children, Educational

  "Dr. Rice Makes a House Call". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

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• I think all of us have really got to redouble our efforts, first of all, to pay attention to the K-12 crisis. The sad fact is that I can look at your zip code and tell whether you're going to get a good education. That's not fair. And secondly, I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Mean, Kids, Thinking

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Well, for the transition from rapper to actor, I was fortunate that director John Singleton pursued me for about two years to be in Boyz 'N the Hood. I really wasn't even thinking about acting at the time, since I was singularly focused on being the best rapper in the world. So, that was really a blessing, because I wasn't really taking him seriously.

  Ice Cube

  Blessing, Thinking, Rapper

  "Ice Cube: The ‘Are We There Yet?’". Interview with Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. June 2, 2010.

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• I feel very fortunate for audiences to have been so gracious as to allow me to do pretty much any role that I felt I could do. They let me play a president. They let me play a lawyer. They let me play a hit man. They let me play a father. They let me play Howard Saint.

  John Travolta

  Father, Men, Play

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

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• I do feel fortunate in that I am probably allowed more often to be a character actor then most actors are allowed to be, and I don't take that lightly or superficially at all. I mean, I really do appreciate it.

  John Travolta

  Character, Mean, Appreciate

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

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• I really enjoy what I do and have been fortunate to pursue basically whatever I'm feeling at the time.

  Jonny Lang

  Feelings, Enjoy, Pursue

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• I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in the studio.

  Jonny Lang

  Battle, Records, Company

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• I am very determined when it comes to my music, and I grew up just loving those singers who had that urban sort of feeling. So when it came down to making my record, I wanted to have that as well. ForeFront was really good about letting me go in that direction and then of course adding the more pop sounds. I feel very fortunate that I got to explore some unique and creative angles musically.

  Stacie Orrico

  Unique, Creative, Feelings

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

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• Balance and good fortune can only come to a person who is balanced and feels fortunate.

  Stuart Wilde

  Balance, Fortune, Feels

  Stuart Wilde (2011). “The Three Keys to Self-Empowerment”, p.66, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.

  Sidney Poitier

  Race, Views, Racism

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October 2000.

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• I'm really happy with everything that I've been fortunate enough to do and with the creative outlets I've been blessed to have.

  Erin Wasson

  Blessed, Creative, Enough

  "Erin Wasson on Her Hair, Antique Shopping, and Cooking". Interview with Leah Melby Clinton, www.elle.com. September 20, 2012.

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• My job, professionally, is tapping into stuff. We've all got it. But, I just am fortunate enough that, beyond the age of 11, it's what I do professionally.

  Stephen Lang

  Jobs, Age, Stuff

  "Stephen Lang Interview TERRA NOVA; Plus an Update on CONAN THE BARBARIAN". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 11, 2011.

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• Very few people have a lot of time to dedicate to one hobby. I was fortunate to have started so young, because when you're young you have nothing but time. Hours and hours to burn up on something as silly as a movie.

  Robert Rodriguez

  Silly, People, Hobbies

  Robert Rodriguez (1995). “Rebel Without a Crew, Or, How a 23-year-old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player”, E P Dutton

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• Some of us are fortunate enough to play championship golf, but this isn't essential in the enjoyment of the game.

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Golf, Games, Play

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1948). “Championship golf”

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• I'm not hungry for success. I am only hungry for good work, and that is how it is with most superstars. Every day I tell myself how fortunate I am to be where I am.

  Akshay Kumar

  Hungry For Success, Superstar, Good Work

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• A book coming out into the world can be a harsh, harsh time. And your feelings are on the line. Everything that publication is about is really not what your writing is about. Your writing is coming out of something else, and publication and being in the public are something else. And those of us who have published, in whatever way we're published, are very fortunate.

  Lynne Tillman

  Book, Writing, Feelings

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I had a lot of ups and downs. I always said that if I were in a position to give back, I would and I have. As my name became bigger, I started giving. You want to make that connection with people who are less fortunate. It keeps you in touch with reality. When you become a successful individual, and have a thousand tasks going on, you forget that there are people in need. It keeps me grounded.

  Shawne Merriman

  Successful, Reality, Names

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• Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali.

  Bryan Ferry

  People, Sometimes, Stage

  "An Unsettling Creation: Bryan Ferry Interviewed By Taylor Parkes". thequietus.com. November 13, 2014.

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• I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning. I worked with Robert Altman, John Boorman, and of course Steven Spielberg, Michael Cimino, Brian De Palma ... I couldn't pick one of them; they were all different, but they are all so talented.

  Vilmos Zsigmond

  Directors, Hollywood, Different

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The idea of actually taking sharp turns left and right has always intrigued me, but I've never really been bold enough to do that. As musicians go, I've allowed myself to be carried by other people's enthusiasm into places where I've learned a lot. There is no real tumult anymore. What I want to do, I do! I'm pretty fortunate.

  Robert Plant

  Real, Ideas, People

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• I really consider myself very fortunate over the years to have the experiences that I had and to be able to come out on top tonight means the world. It's been a long road and it's a lot of hard.

  Rob Mariano

  Mean, Years, Long

  Source: www.ign.com

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• I am fortunate to have a lot of love in my life. I love my family, I love my dog, I love my close friends, and I absolutely love my incredible girlfriend.

  Benjamin Stone

  Dog, Girlfriend, I Love My Family

  Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.

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• If necessary, I cry. I pray. I rest. I'm fortunate to have quite a few strong, independent, loving, and unbiased women in my life that I can talk things through with.

  Grace Gealey

  Strong, Independent, Unbiased

  "Empire Actor Grace Gealey: Gratitude and Forgiveness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.

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