#luck

I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted. ↗

— Bode Miller

#boarding #boarding school #coaches #good #had

I consider myself really lucky and I always have done. My approach is that if I know I'm relaxed and happy, then I will do my best work. ↗

— Jonny Lee Miller

#approach #best #best work #consider #done

I can't speak for them, of course, but I believe that most economists would accept the view that, while you sometimes can make a score by sheer luck, you can't do it constantly, unless you're willing to put the resources in. ↗

— Merton Miller

#believe #constantly #course #economists #i

Luckily because I had a family and children, my priorities changed. I mean, I'm very passionate about my work but I have other interests and other things that balance my life. ↗

— Penelope Ann Miller

#balance #because #changed #children #family

There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#been #i #living #lucky #making

I'm in this position where I can afford to wait, I'm lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do anything that's thrown at me. You know the next couple of jobs are going to be pretty crucial in terms of how you're perceived by people. So I'm just waiting. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#anything #couple #crucial #enough #financially

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#fools #fortune #lucky #made #make

As a former recipient of these services I can honestly say that the overwhelming majority of TANF recipients are hard-working Americans who are down on their luck, and just want an opportunity to better their lives and those of their family through work and access to education. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#better #down #education #family #former

And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don't go as far as I did on those two times. ↗

— Mary Tyler Moore

#blister #came #close #consistently #develop

I've learnt that through life you just get on with it. You're going to meet a lot of dishonest people along the line and you say good luck to them. I hope they live in comfort. Then I start sticking more pins in their effigies. ↗

— Roger Moore

#comfort #dishonest #get #going #good