#luck

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#borrowed #bother #come #go #i

I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools. ↗

— Sally Field

#departments #drama #enough #grow #grow up

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#dwelling #give #globe #had #heart

A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm. ↗

— James Thomas Fields

#barn #blessing #crown #descend #door

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#here #need #out #plucking #writers

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#am #completely #door #focus #front

Well, actually, plucking my eyebrows is more of a hobby than a grooming tip. ↗

— Courteney Cox

#eyebrows #grooming #hobby #more #plucking

I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes, but also to stir the heart. I hope 'The Woods' does that. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#all night #also #am #attention #awake

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#else #explain #how #like #luck

It's a marvellous life, a gregarious life that we've had. We're very lucky in that way. Unlike writers or painters, we don't sit down in front of a blank canvas and say, 'How do I start? Where do I start?' ↗

— Albert Finney

#blank canvas #canvas #down #front #gregarious