#lucky

Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#cold #cold war #dealt #even #feel

I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting. ↗

— Charles Durning

#been #done #i #i think #living

I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, "You make your own luck." ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#amazed #i #i always #luck #lucky

I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#guy #i #i am #i am what i am #know

Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good. ↗

— Vida Blue

#good #lucky #sometimes

I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#get #go #i #i do #love

I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is a part of the legacy that I've gotten from so many of the adult elders. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#being #beings #change #day #elders

Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#banker #bus #containing #crime #fare

It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication. ↗

— Herb Elliott

#athletic #benefits #bring #compete #dedication

I've had two unlucky injuries that are the equivalent of walking under 1,000 ladders and seeing 1,000 black cats. ↗

— Andrew Bogut

#cats #equivalent #had #i #injuries