Lucky Quotes - Page 32

• I've been lucky to have a beautiful wife and children. The idea that something so beautiful can be so horrific at the same time. Beauty is a complex thing.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Beautiful, Children, Ideas

  Source: movieweb.com

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• I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits are crushed, because they work on these screenplays and these projects, and then directors either take them and change everything, rewrite them and make them worse, or they film them and they're nothing like how they imagined it to be.

  Daniel Clowes

  Real, Down And, Directors

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. March 30, 2012.

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• Back in the eighties, people thought a vegan was someone from Vegas. It's a different world now and I feel lucky to have been a part of the revolution, both for animal rights and gay rights.

  Dan Mathews

  Gay, Animal, Vegas

  "Senior VP of PETA Dan Mathews: On gay rights, empathy for animals, and getting married under the Las Vegas sign". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I've always been lucky enough to just play tennis, so I never actually had a job when I was growing up.

  Andy Murray

  Jobs, Growing Up, Play

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family. I'm also in a relationship that's been really good. Lasted a long time. We've got wonderful kids from that relationship, and they've had the benefit of being together. It's fantastic to have that sort of togetherness. It's a rarity these days.

  Richard Branson

  Kids, Long, Together

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.

  Gena Rowlands

  New York, Thinking, Periods

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In a more universal sense, we only get one thing. You know...a head stone if we're lucky; if not, green grass.

  Charles Bukowski

  Green, Stones, Grass

  Source: bukowski.net

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• Most of us who have been lucky enough to hear, read and see the Dalai Lama, often come away thinking, "What a kind, inspiring and golden human being!" That is true, but I think it does him an injustice.

  Pico Iyer

  Thinking, Doe, Golden

  Interview with Felicia M. Tomasko, layoga.com. April 26, 2008.

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• I have been very, very lucky because I have my health, a wonderful husband, family, and friends, and I get to do what I love.

  Daphne Oz

  Husband, Family And Friends, Wonderful

  Interview with Rachel Goldstien, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I am lucky in that my children are grown, my youngest is twenty-seven. I didn't have the conflict between artist and mother while they were young because I really focused in, very much, on the mothering aspect.

  Pegi Young

  Mother, Children, Artist

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I have been so damn lucky to be able to do what I love my entire life. I never take that for granted.

  Michael Skolnik

  Able, Granted, Damn

  "Global Grind Editor Michael Skolnik". Interview with Rachel P. Goldstein, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I was very lucky. I don't know German, or Dutch, or Chinese, or Thai. I don't know them, so I can't judge, so I have to go on the word of the publisher that it's a good translation.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Judging, Chinese, Goes On

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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• 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.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Couple, Writing, Years

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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• I find that a lot of times when family members get bronchitis or the flu or something like that, I'll kind of skate through and be really lucky and not get that sick.

  Aaron Bruno

  Sick, Flu, Kind

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• All of a sudden people in the United States start to realize that vaccines make a difference. The controversy and the myth that's there, we're always trying to bust through that. So when I see a disease outbreak, I say to myself, "OK, that'll get people realizing how lucky we are to have vaccines."

  Melinda Gates

  Vaccines, Always Trying, Differences

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• My grandmother took me to a lot of theater. I was exposed to performance quite a bit - everything from Broadway to off-Broadway and dance and music as well. I was very lucky that way. It was a very rich childhood.

  Julia Stiles

  Grandmother, Childhood, Broadway

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 29, 2016.

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• I feel very lucky to be part of this amazing show [Exorcist] with such an amazing cast of actors, with a really talented writer behind it all.

  Alfonso Herrera

  Actors, Exorcist, Casts

  Source: dailydead.com

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• I'm lucky because I intentionally keep my overhead low, and so I can say, "No, thank you."

  Sarah Silverman

  Lows, Overhead, I Can

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• You see the amount of bullying and negativity that goes on [social media] that is really, really intense, and I feel lucky that I came of age before all of that came on.

  Natalie Portman

  Bullying, Media, Negativity

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.

  Geena Davis

  Aunt, Different, Sides

  Interview with Emma Watson, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.

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• Just having women come up to me and say they love the workout series, and that they have it and have guys come up and say, "I bought it for my girlfriend and she loves it." I feel really lucky and have gratitude for that, and now I get to put out a new series so I'm very happy.

  Carmen Electra

  Gratitude, Girlfriend, Workout

  "EXCLUSIVE: Carmen Electra Talks Aerobic Striptease". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. December 16, 2007.

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• I've been incredibly lucky throughout the beginning stages of my career up 'til now, and so lucky to work with the incredible people I've worked with.

  Cher Lloyd

  Careers, People, Incredibles

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Fun, Book, Thinking

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

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• I was trained at a conservatory school, and they usher you into the business by giving you a showcase. I was so lucky that I met with an agent, and he sent me on an audition for a TV pilot, and I happened to book it. It was like complete luck that it happened.

  Abby Brammell

  Book, School, Giving

  Source: www.thestarscoop.com

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• I've been so lucky that there's been such an intense and positive response to the line. It's one of the craziest things.

  Rumi Neely

  Lines, Intense, Response

  Source: www.elle.com

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