#lucky

Uh, I just had an operation last March which was rather serious and I'm recuperating now. I'm on a very bland diet. But, uh, I'm lucky, I was just lucky, that's all. ↗

— Rube Goldberg

#diet #had #i #just #last

I don't know why I got so lucky. I have to pinch myself often and say, 'Is this just a dream?' ↗

— Heidi Klum

#got #i #just #know #lucky

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up. ↗

— George McGovern

#close-up #i #lucky #never #plane

I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it.' ↗

— Steve Sabol

#been #come #every #freedom #freedom from

If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#asking #awesome #did #even #good

I feel lucky, happy and philosophical about it all. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

#feel #happy #i #i feel #lucky

You seldom get that in film where you're lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

#cut #film #final #final cut #get

I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero. Many years later, I was lucky enough to go hunting with him. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#childhood #enough #fly #gee #go

I may have been lucky with some sort of intuition, but I believe in training a great deal. ↗

— David Selby

#believe #deal #great #great deal #i

I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself. ↗

— Shakira

#falling #falling in love #family #i #love