I was fortunate that by the time I was born, there were a lot of comforts and at the same time I lived in a neighborhood where it was brought to my eyes every single day that people didn't live like me. Every day I knew that many of my friends "got relief. " That was important in my thinking about the world, thinking that not everybody lived that way.
People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
I'm really happy with everything that I've been fortunate enough to do and with the creative outlets I've been blessed to have.
I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to be in the driver's seat all the time. I appreciate the perspective of being in the passenger's seat sometimes, and I feel fortunate for that because I've learned a lot from that perspective.
And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
I am very determined when it comes to my music, and I grew up just loving those singers who had that urban sort of feeling. So when it came down to making my record, I wanted to have that as well. ForeFront was really good about letting me go in that direction and then of course adding the more pop sounds. I feel very fortunate that I got to explore some unique and creative angles musically.
While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
I sometimes feel like I need to pinch myself. I feel extremely fortunate.
People at my level [Unilever CEO] shouldn't be motivated by salary. If you paid me double, I'm not going to work twice as much, because I'm already probably maximizing my time available. And would it change the way I do things? Not really. So, yes, I am fortunate, and I am ashamed about the amount of money I earn.
I really love the piano and I feel very fortunate that I am able to play and travel all over the world as my career.
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
I'm really fortunate that I've had some mega hits.
It was far more fun than work doing those shows for all those years, we all loved each other and loved going to work, we all understood how fortunate we were to be in that place, to have achieved that success worldwide.
Just because no one has been fortunate enough to realize how wonderful you are, doesnt mean you shine any less.
How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.
I feel kind of fortunate that over the last 25 years I've been in almost every DisneyPixar film.
I've never had a day job. I've been very fortunate
Years hence, perhaps, may dawn an age, More fortunate, alas! than we, Which without hardness will be sage, And gay without frivolity.
Those fortunate enough to find or create a practical intersection of the three circles have the basis for a great work life.