Fortunate Quotes - Page 9

• I've been extremely fortunate in that my career allows me to be seen and heard by people all over the world and I know that my only option is to utilize this gift to speak for those who may not have the means, courage, or strength to speak out.

  Sufe Bradshaw

  Mean, Speaks Out, Careers

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• This is going to be a difficult few hundred years. No matter what we do, we have to give up some of the advantages of the wealthy Western nations and help out people who are less fortunate. That is the key. I think we can do it if we have more compassion for one another.

  Walter Munk

  Giving Up, Thinking, Compassion

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• I feel very fortunate to have been sort of a tiny instigator, using technology for good.

  Rebecca Moore

  Technology, Tiny, Instigators

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• I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started playing tournaments together when I was 11, in the lower ranking of beach volleyball in California. We weren't playing against kids; we played against grown men, so immediately, I had to raise my game to compete.

  Karch Kiraly

  Sports, Volleyball, Beach

  Source: www.stack.com

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• One thing I do know is that we are fortunate to be here and we're here to try and better ourselves and to be good.

  Stephanie Ellis

  Trying, Be Good, Knows

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• I'm inspired by many of my friends, colleagues, and the extraordinary people I've been fortunate enough to meet along the way.

  Alicia Keys

  People, Way, Inspired

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• All the women in my life have really made my life what it is, and I feel so fortunate, so whole because of them.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Made, Feels, Whole

  FaceBook post by Ian Somerhalder from Mar 21, 2013

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• I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.

  Morris Chestnut

  Thinking, Play, Long

  "Morris Chestnut On When the Bough Breaks & Executive Producing". Interview with Screen Rant, screenrant.com. August 12, 2016.

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• It was fortunate for all of us to have Joaquin Jackson, who is a very renowned Texas Ranger, on board. He spent quite a few days with us on set and he added a lot to it for me on what it's like to be a Texas Ranger.

  Jeff Bridges

  Texas, Boards, Rangers

  Interview with Jason Guerrasio, uk.businessinsider.com. August 8, 2016.

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• I have been fortunate to have a career that has allowed me to travel the world and come in contact with many different cultures and people.

  Yanni

  Careers, People, World

  "Yanni: A Global Inspiration". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• Our family has been honored to serve our state and nation. Like many American families, we have been fortunate and blessed to raise three wonderful children and put them through college while doing work that we love.

  Mike Pence

  Children, Blessed, College

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• If I'm fortunate enough to play in the NFL, anywhere for anybody would be great. But if I had to pick, it would be the hometown [Atlanta] Falcons because I used to work for them.

  Deshaun Watson

  Play, Nfl, Atlanta

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I'm in a position where - I mean, not a lot of people are in a very fortunate position - where I kind of have the power to choose what I want to do in a way.

  Logan Lerman

  Mean, People, Want

  "Logan Lerman on ‘Indignation’, His Intense Preparation, and Why Directing Is His Ultimate Goal". Interview with Adam Chitwood, collider.com. July 28, 2016.

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• It's really interesting to observe each filmmaker's approach to filmmaking and I feel very fortunate to have worked with a lot of really interesting filmmakers and they all approach their job in unique ways.

  Logan Lerman

  Jobs, Unique, Interesting

  "Logan Lerman on ‘Indignation’, His Intense Preparation, and Why Directing Is His Ultimate Goal". Interview with Adam Chitwood, collider.com. July 28, 2016.

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• Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a few hits on a major label to continue that success.

  John Mellencamp

  80s And 90s, Labels, Records

  "Mellencamp's independent stand". Interview with Greg Kot, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 19, 2010.

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• Every Olympics is something special. If you're fortunate enough to play for your country - there's just so much energy. It's truly amazing.

  Venus Williams

  Country, Play, Special

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I'm one of the most fortunate guys around,I still get to do those kinds of movies, and then I get to do Green Lantern, and I get to do Buried with an auteur like Rodrigo Cortés. I enjoy that I can get away with that.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Guy, Green, Kind

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• With all of the people in the world and all of the suffering and all of the things that people are forced to do for lack of other alternative, the fact that I had a subsidized education and got to go right into a life of playing music for a living, what a stupidly fortunate place to be.

  Dan Mangan

  People, Suffering, Playing Music

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.

  Usher

  Icons, African American, Able

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• I've been very fortunate to work with people that I'm fans of.

  Eric Roberson

  People, Fans

  "Eric Roberson Interview – 'Tigallerro' Album with Phonte, Sol Village Show, Next Project". Youknowigotsoul.com Interview, youknowigotsoul.com. August 23, 2016.

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• I'm very fortunate in that all the mediums I work in are extremely collaborative. Movies are probably the most solitary on a day to day basis, but even then you have producers and studio executives to work with and bounce ideas off of.

  Marc Guggenheim

  Ideas, Producers, Solitary

  "I'm Marc Guggenheim, Writer and Executive Producer of Arrow, and This Is How I Work". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. August 31, 2016.

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• American women are so fortunate. When I got married, all I wanted in the world was a dryer so I didn't have to hang up my diapers. And now women have paper diapers and all sorts of conveniences in the home. And it is the man and the technology that has made the home such a pleasant place for women to be.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Home, Technology, Men

  "Phyllis Schlafly Still Championing The Anti-Feminist Fight". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 30, 2011.

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• Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day of your life, without using it for your own sake. Why is it so? Your life is a fortunate outcome of the continuous practice of the past. You should express your gratitude immediately.

  Dogen

  Gratitude, Mean, Past

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• Remember, don't waste time comparing your life to others who seem more fortunate. Being fortunate is based on how much peace you have, not how many luxuries or conveniences you have. Practice from the heart to make peace with what is.

  Doc Childre

  Spiritual, Heart, Practice

  Doc Lew Childre (1992). “The how to book of teen self discovery: helping teens find balance, security & esteem”, HeartMath

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• As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate.

  Arthur Frederick Saunders

  Helping Others, Talent, Recourse

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