All Quotes

I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.
‐‐ Aaron Johnson

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.
‐‐ Joe Namath

I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
‐‐ Vince Vaughn

I was lucky - I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.
‐‐ Steve Jobs

I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.
‐‐ Brad Dourif

I was lucky, I had support from Mum and Dad - they said as long as you work hard, anything is possible. I never thought past those two things - that I liked living in imaginary worlds and that it is possible to do that for a living.
‐‐ Harry Treadaway

I was lucky. I held on to some of my money. I didn't really know what I wanted to do after boxing. But I found what I wanted to do.
‐‐ Gerry Cooney

I was lucky I was raised by parents who gave me a lot of sense of self and a lot of confidence in myself.
‐‐ Sprague Grayden

I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to do something different. Why would I want to do what other people were already doing, because they would always do it better? I always wanted to work around the body. So throughout my college years, my work was quite free.
‐‐ Hussein Chalayan

I was lucky in getting my first book published; my first book was 'Bunnicula,' which I wrote with my late wife Debbie, for the fun of it.
‐‐ James Howe

I was lucky in my early years to play for a Karnataka team that was trying to forge itself into a strong side, and they were years of fun and learning. In the Indian team, I was fortunate to be part of a wonderful era when India played some of its finest cricket at home and abroad.
‐‐ Rahul Dravid

I was lucky in the sense that I was never blessed with an overly reflective nature.
‐‐ Dylan Moran

I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid.
‐‐ Sophia Bush

I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
‐‐ Valentino Rossi

I was lucky not to have been born pretty.
‐‐ Joan Hickson

I was lucky on 'Arli$$.' I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that.
‐‐ Sandra Oh

I was lucky that audiences in Mexico liked my work. I was even luckier when I got to do movies and plays with my brothers.
‐‐ Demian Bichir

I was lucky that I made a few movies in a row that people really responded to - not me, particularly, but the films as a whole were appreciated.
‐‐ Julia Roberts

I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.
‐‐ James Levine

I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
‐‐ Edgardo Osorio

I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.
‐‐ Saku Koivu

I was lucky that one of my first movies, 'One Million Years B.C.' was made in Europe by a British company. The Brits, and a lot of the rest of Europe, seemed to really love exotic women. The fact that I was American and exotic just made me more appealing to them.
‐‐ Raquel Welch

I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.
‐‐ Megan Smith

I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there weren't too many in New York at the time. I was at the top of a very short list. I think that was all good fortune.
‐‐ Anne Beatts

I was lucky - the first eight productions I auditioned for, I got cast.
‐‐ Emily Browning

I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.
‐‐ Bill Gates

I was lucky to become a Facebook board member in late 2008. Restricted stock units granted me at the time have increased many times in value.
‐‐ Donald E. Graham

I was lucky to book a show pretty quickly after getting to L.A., but I struggled getting started in Vancouver. If I had gotten those earlier roles in Vancouver, I wouldn't have gone to L.A. to get the show that launched my career.
‐‐ Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
‐‐ Zinedine Zidane

I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.
‐‐ Dick Van Dyke

I was lucky to get to Oxford. I am now an honorary fellow of my old college, which is nice, particularly for a colonial like me.
‐‐ Justin Cartwright

I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.
‐‐ Pat Gillick

I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.
‐‐ James Hansen

I was lucky to have a great dad.
‐‐ James McNerney

I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.
‐‐ Padma Lakshmi

I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.
‐‐ Suzy Parker

I was lucky to have my dad in my life. As crazy as things got, I always had him to put his hand on my shoulder.
‐‐ Sharon Stone

I was lucky to have my wife as the art director, and it turned out to be quite something - a great success. I'm very proud of it.
‐‐ Helmut Newton

I was lucky to have parents and people who believed in me.
‐‐ Megan Shull

I was lucky to have parents who loved me.
‐‐ Jean Paul Gaultier

I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.
‐‐ Leo Buscaglia

I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it!
‐‐ Helen McCrory

I was lucky to live 10 years in France, so I learned how to eat and drink there.
‐‐ Lorraine Bracco

I was lucky to marry Paul. He was a great inspiration, his enthusiasm about wine and food helped to shape my tastes, and his encouragement saw me through discouraging moments. I never would have had my career without Paul Child.
‐‐ Julia Child

I was lucky to start working when German cinema was having an interesting moment. Now the quality is going downhill again because they're insisting on doing comedies. We should know by now that we make good cars but we're not the funniest people.
‐‐ Daniel Bruhl

I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.
‐‐ Janice Dickinson

I was mad about the theatre growing up, really mad. We had a local theatre, the Torch, and I used to usher there. I would see the shows over and over again.
‐‐ Sarah Waters

I was mad at Screen Gems, but I'm not mad at them anymore.
‐‐ Davy Jones

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.
‐‐ Romola Garai