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It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Maybe we were a bit fortunate to get the three points, but you take what you get, and it's what we came for.

Shay Given

A great aspect of America is the ability of the less fortunate to purchase and own property.

Mychal Massie

We're fortunate. It's a chance ... at least for those who want to do something with the rest of their life.

Russell Brown

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

Adolf Hitler

Everybody's not fortunate. Not everybody's got money or wheels to do anything, to get out.

Tracy Perkins

She's been the foundation. She brings a ton of leadership to the team. I'm so fortunate to have her.

Pauline Hazan

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

Paul Claudel

He's done a great job for us. We're fortunate to have someone who's a leader in Congress and has direct access to the president.

Dennis Kennedy

We've very fortunate that Johnny saved the station.

Nathan Massey

We're fortunate today is a holiday.

Michael Lee

Prosperity tries the fortunate: adversity the great.

Rose F. Kennedy

You deal with it. I've been so fortunate to do what I love all my career.

Barbara Rowell

We're fortunate we didn't have any additional fatalities.

Bob Adams

It could have been worse had she not been sick that day, ... She didn't come to school. So she was very fortunate.

David Davenport

We're fortunate to be able to do something we loved doing. We loved entertaining our customers. It's just been wonderful. It's been a great run.

Lee Kirk

We are fortunate to have very large oaks at some of our parks.

Joan Byrne

I didn't look at this as No. 4 against No. 1. I just thought of this as a Big East battle, and it's a game we were fortunate enough to win.

Will Sheridan

It's an organization of people who want to help the less fortunate.

Call Paul Nash

It might have been a used car, but it was a car. We were the fortunate kids on the block.

Cassandra Wright

I was really fortunate. Tom created a great group of linemen and it was my job was not to screw it up.

Bill Laveroni

People on the top floor lost everything. We were very fortunate to get something out. But it was pretty scary.

Chris Lawrence

It's ridiculous, not only the health considerations, the damage. We were very fortunate, I believe, we didn't have any deaths as a result of these.

Sen. Colleen Hanabusa

We're very fortunate to beat Randy twice this year, ... Nobody probably expects us to do that and we were able to do that.

Shea Hillenbrand

I think we as a country have definitely got to do better when it comes to housing people of all backgrounds. Not only can the less fortunate afford housing but fewer people of all kinds can afford it.

Cece Winans

I'm definitely being spoiled, ... I hope we get a lot more ovations. I'm really honored. It's one of those fortunate things for me.

Mike Piazza

We feel very fortunate over here.

Bob Richards

Probably could have been a lot worse so we're very fortunate, very blessed.

Dalen Rosiere

I was very fortunate that I didn't bleed out, ... I had about 15.5 units of blood in my body and when I got to the hospital I had a little less than five units.

Chuck Anderson

Adrian had the perfect combination of experience and commitment to the District and familiarity with the neighborhoods, ... We feel very fortunate to have someone who had that complete set of qualifications.

Stephen Goldsmith

He is exactly what we are looking for. We are fortunate to get a coach of this caliber.

Binky Waldrop

But I think there's a general consensus that times have changed, and we've been more fortunate than anything else that we've only had 9/11.

Michael Mccann

It was not a great lie, not a bad lie, but I caught it perfectly. I was very fortunate.

Craig Stadler

We're fortunate to have two people like that.

Bruce Benson

We've been very fortunate not to be a 'firecracker band' that blows up and goes away.

Chuck Comeau

We got the coverage we wanted in the right situation. So we were very fortunate.

Mark Brunell

We've been very fortunate to be in association with good people all our lives.

Neldon Wride

The defender kicked it out, and then I caught it and put it back in. I was fortunate to be at the right place at the right time.

Barksdale Thompson

Everything worked out for the best. I was fortunate to have won three Cups.

Scott Stevens

The only fortunate event in the investigation is that we have the flight data recorder.

Akrivos Tsolakis

We were fortunate. That was huge. It doesn't always happen that way.

Mark Brunell

They had a lot of memorable nights. I was fortunate to be a part of a few of them.

Duane Mcwhorter

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.

Jean De La Bruyere

I was leaking oil at that point. I was very fortunate after 8 to be even.

Bob Murphy

We've been fortunate to be able to make music as Depeche Mode for 20 years.

David Gahan

Absolutely not. We are committed to being in this business. We feel fortunate to be in this business. It's beneficial to us.

Lance Thompson

They're fortunate to have him.

Sidney Lowe

No man is happy. He is, at best, fortunate.

Solon

I have fewer friends than people say, and more than I had hoped, ... I am very fortunate.

Carlos Salinas

I'm very fortunate to be doing the thing I do best, which is play guitar. There aren't many other things I could do.

Kirk Hammett

This game was about as evenly played as you could get. These close games are the kinds that are fun to coach. We were fortunate to come out on top.

Leslie Stephen

To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

Minna Antrim

I'm fortunate to have her as a driver.

Virginia Chambers

Certainly, parents are very fortunate to be parents, to have children and to be employed. But we have to find a better way to make our lives balanced.

Barbara Schneider

There is more of a joy now than there was before. I was just so fortunate so blessed.

Davis Bunn

It's really a big fish technique, and I was fortunate to catch five of them. It's mostly an early bite and the lure is key.

Jay Yelas

We feel very fortunate. We're hanging in there. We did our homework. We're doing the best we can.

Dan Maloney

I never expected it, and I wasn't looking for it. But we're awfully, awfully fortunate.

Gerry Moore

We are fortunate to be 4-1 and we were fortunate to win.

Bob Eason

I have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had.

George Kennedy

There weren't a lot of hits so you have to take advantage of anything you can get - walks, pass balls and so on and we were fortunate enough to do that.

Brad Phillips

We've been very fortunate.

Jay Siegel

[Harrah's New Orleans sustained] very little damage, ... We've been very fortunate there.

Gary Loveman

Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.

Dontrelle Willis

We are very fortunate.

Jimmy Weekley

She's been our leading scorer, and she plays with so much energy. I'm fortunate to have her for another year.

Laura Schuler

We've been fortunate each year to get 400-500 people. The fashion show really works.

Warren Bottino

I feel fortunate to get a job at a place where you've got a chance to contend.

Jeff Horton

You hear about it in other places, but we're fortunate here.

John Kearns

We were fortunate that we had 140 (singers and dancers) audition. We called back 60 and we wound up with 35. That's a lot of people, and a lot of dancers.

Mark Swezey

We feel very fortunate that we made it through this storm with only very minor injuries.

Steve Parrott

We're not bad, but no way we thought we'd win 9-1. This was just one of those nights when everything worked out. We were fortunate.

Mike Herndon

I'm fortunate. The NFL Network is on Channel 25, ESPN is Channel 26 and ESPN2 is Channel 27, ... I get the trifecta right there.

Mark Campbell

We were fortunate to be there a day or two before "the big bang" and then we got the heck out of town.

Scotty Moore

It's fortunate it's not laying on top of somebody. This bridge is about as close to falling as you can get.

David Spainhour

From my perspective, I've been fortunate to have that type of leadership.

Laing Kennedy

We're fortunate that the economy is very, very strong now. It will continue to be strong.

Al Hubbard

Fortunate for all of us in Minnesota, he selected Minneapolis.

Mike Woll

We are very fortunate to have a man of Al Skinner's character and class leading our basketball program, especially as we head into the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Gene Defilippo

We're the fortunate ones, ... Those poor people in New Orleans are the ones who are suffering.

Tim Watson

Officer Price is very fortunate that his injuries were not more serious.

Keith Henderson

That just means I'm old. I was fortunate enough to be able to play in ball parks when I was 19 and be able to hit them out.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I saw his eyes, and I tried to get a jump on the ball. I was fortunate to get a hand on it.

Jason Dawson

That's why you count your blessings when you get here. You realize how fortunate you are.

Anthony Grant

I've been fortunate enough.

Sarah Ruhl

We were fortunate. And the rest is history.

Chico Lynch

That's when we realized how fortunate we really were because between my family and his and people who put us up, all of our needs have been met. It's a huge blessing.

Felton Mcclellan

She's a gamer. She wants to be in those situations. We're fortunate to have someone like that.

John Bartleson

I was very nervous about that. I think we were fortunate to schedule a Division I-A team on that date.

John Chadima

God's been very good to us. We're very fortunate to have our family.

Lupe Silva

I was pretty fortunate to get a giveaway by their goalie to take advantage of.

Matt Stajan

I got real fortunate a few times around the basket. That's why we crash the basket. Sometimes the ball just drops in your lap and you get an easy one.

Jack Scalcucci

We are satisfied with it, but we have also been fortunate. We don't think we have played our best defense.

Bob Eason

We felt fortunate at halftime. We played about as poorly as we can and we were only down six.

Jeff Guiot

We were very fortunate to win this game. We didn't play better basketball, you have to give a lot of credit to Chesterton.

Jim East

If we can be fortunate enough to win there, we'll have a chance to play at home again.

Debbie Ryan

We are extremely fortunate in the fact that we can pick up our lives, ... There are so many who can't.

John Kerry

We're very fortunate. We didn't play with very much poise at the end.

Scott Rogers

This is a very fortunate resolution.

Doug Bailey

I think they need to concentrate more on the people, the less-fortunate here in Hagerstown.

Andre Grant

We're fortunate to be here, so we want to capitalize on our opportunity. We know anything can happen, so we have to bring it.

Nikki Davis

I feel very fortunate. I had good coaches, and when the job came open, I had no hesitation. I feel I am ready for the challenge, but it won't be easy.

Matt Stevens

We are incredibly fortunate to have someone of his stature with us for a semester.

Nick Maroules

Give credit to UC Davis for doing a heck of a job staying with it and competing the whole way. We were fortunate (to win).

Larry Reynolds

We're pretty fortunate to have a pretty balanced ball club.

Bob Nobbe

We're fortunate to be .500 right now.

Colin White

We felt fortunate it was just a one-point game.

Brad Boy

We do it for those who can't. That's inclusive of anyone who wants to fight for the less fortunate.

Héctor Nájera

We were fortunate to come back.

Bill Mckinney

The harder they work, the more fortunate they become.

Wally Amos

It's such an attractive facility and so useful. We're fortunate to receive such a gift.

Bo Batts

I have been fortunate to devote my entire professional life to education. I meant it from the bottom of my heart when I said no child should be left behind.

Rod Paige

We have some fortunate depth right now and we're enjoying that.

John Goodridge

We were fortunate to hitch our wagon to Phil early and he hasn't disappointed.

John Subers

With as flat as we played, we were very fortunate to be up 1-0 at halftime.

Chad Scaling

I'm very fortunate that we caught this early and very thankful for the tremendous care I've gotten.

Andrew Magee

We're very fortunate to come out with a win against an outstanding team.

Norm Bruemmer

We were fortunate to win, but I'll take it.

Troy Young

It was just one of those things where the ball probably bounced our way. We were fortunate to come out on the winning end of it.

Chris Snyder

I almost thought, 'OK, we're down by one,' ... We're just fortunate Bengie is as agile as he is.

Brendan Donnelly

It was very fortunate that we found it because two of the eggs were broken.

Paul Meredith

It was a pretty fortunate play, but one you have to take advantage of.

Joffrey Lupul

It felt great. We were fortunate to take two of three from them and hope we can take that and build on it.

Jim Strombach

I think we'd be very fortunate in 2001 to get returns of 10 percent. Double-digit returns are a thing of the past.

Sheldon Jacobs

We mixed it up a lot. We are fortunate that we have a lot of depth.

Sandy Novak

It was a big ease to me. We are fortunate to be alive and still be able to play. ... It has brought us together as teammates.

Brandon Spincer

We are a well-balanced team. We have been fortunate this year that we have matched up well with a lot of the teams we have faced.

Wayne Griffin

These things are discouraging, but we're fortunate. We're fortunate that the damage wasn't more extensive, that no one was hurt and that we had good people to help.

Terry Saul

Felicia brings different things to us. She is quick and athletic. She is up and down, but with more experience (that will change). She is very fortunate to have three seniors helping her.

Mary Klinger

It really could have been ugly. I was really fortunate that the guy was out of bounds.

Ben Troupe

I'm very fortunate to have a career that has lasted as long as it has. Did I think it would last this long? No way!

Barry White

There's lots of factors that played in here. We were real fortunate that everyone came out safe here.

Jim Lyon

We were fortunate that Humphrey was capable of finishing off some plays, or we wouldn't have had anybody in double figures.

Dave Bezold

We were definitely fortunate to have the distance kids run well today, but we really got great efforts from just about everyone.

John Rock

You come in here on their home field and you know it's going to be a battle. We were fortunate to get out of here with the win.

David Holt

We are very very fortunate to get out of here with a win.

Josh Hood

We always find a way to win. We have won close games all year. I just feel very fortunate to be coaching them.

Jamie Rains

He called them up and told them that we'd be available for any day they wanted. We got fortunate and ended up getting two shows.

Ben Mcclelland

Our intensity was a lot better the second half. We were fortunate to win.

Jim Epperly

We're very fortunate to be able to present Ms. Calderon with her group.

Bruce Sherman

I'm very fortunate to be in this position, ... It means someone thinks I can do it.

Kevin Mcdonald

We were really very, very fortunate.

Phyllis Cole

It's one of the best jobs I've had. I feel fortunate to be in this position.

Nick Rather

We believe very strongly in the infrastructure that's there on that site and we feel fortunate to have bought it.

Charlie Houder

In a sense we are fortunate that most attackers want to control and use systems they attack rather than destroy them.

Allan Cox

No question it's repairable. We'll be sailing again before the trials and everything will be fine. We're extremely fortunate.

Dennis Conner

We were fortunate to have another chance (against the Badgers). And the second varsity made use of it.

Dave O'neill

We're one and one at this point, so am I pleased? No. Do I feel fortunate? To some degree.

Lindsay Meggs

I think we're fortunate we had the opportunity to get him. And for the opportunity to be at Georgia Southern, he's very fortunate.

Brian Vangorder

We're very fortunate to have her serving on the board.

Bill Mahon

We are fortunate that this was a fairly remote area.

Gary Rainwater

We've been fighting stuff we don't usually have to fight. We were fortunate to get that fixed.

Terry Adams

It was very fortunate Tahoe was so low. It acted as a huge flood control reservoir.

Gary Barbato

I was fortunate enough to be on the winning team once, and I was fortunate, too, to be on the losing team once.

Laura Diaz

We feel very fortunate to have Jerry working with us.

Joe Paul Boone

We were fortunate to even make it to overtime. We were behind the whole time. We were outplayed.

Brendan Nagel

She's very passionate about [less-fortunate children] and very passionate about helping others.

Sharon Schiff

I feel so fortunate to have lived there.

Tallia Cahoon

We're very fortunate in that we have two seasons. As soon as the spring breakers leave, the locals come back.

Michael Stanton

A lot of movies at this festival were struggling to find distributors, ... This film was fortunate enough to find more than its share.

Ivan Reitman

We are fortunate to have been impacted only by Category 1 conditions.

Harold Wheeler

I think we were fortunate to get the win tonight.

Lynne Roberts

I thought Spaulding played well. We were fortunate to get a win out of it.

Jim Tufts

Another door opened, I did the Washington Bullets and the U.S. Naval Academy. I've been very fortunate in my career.

Tony Roberts

We were fortunate to get a tie out here today.

Matt Herndon

You put a lot of things down to experience, ... You hit the best shots you can, and I was fortunate to get two eagles today. I hit some nice shots when I had to.

Mark Mcnulty

They didn't find any part of Eric for five months. I feel fortunate they did find some, so there is closure because there's some who didn't find any remains.

Betty Bennett

I've been very fortunate to play with a lot of great players. They always seem to find me on the court.

Margo Muhlbauer

We weren't very smart with the basketball in the fourth quarter. We were fortunate to win.

Kyle Fowler

If all we had was Boz, he'd be catching. He's just the kind of baseball player that can do it all, so we're real fortunate to have him.

Brian Whitaker

In an ironic way, sadly, it was fortunate for us.

Jan Cheek

We were fortunate to have someone close enough to put a hand in (Murray's) face, but not too close to hit him and then foul.

Marvin Bowman

Sometimes we need a fly ball into the wind to give us a break. We were fortunate to win that game.

Charlie Hickey

We were just fortunate to get away with a win.

Dwight Taylor

We're very fortunate that the Packard family has donated such a magnificent arena for musical entertainment.

Michael O'brien

I'm very fortunate to be able to play this game again.

Terry Caulley

I'm glad to be back pitching again. I could have fallen off and my career might have been done after that season. I'm fortunate and really blessed.

Shane Komine

We're fortunate that we have cattle and the cattle market is pretty good right now.

Perry Neal

We've been very fortunate that the loss of life in Alabama has been very, very minimal.

Jim Walker

We're fortunate there's very little wind. It's a beautiful day out. You just have to be dressed for it.

Doug Wales

My dad died 10 years ago, ... He was an AIDS death. I was fortunate that I was able to take two or three months off and be with him at the end. We were very close.

Libba Bray

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Plutarch

I am fortunate to have such a deep bench and we are getting good contributions from all those guys.

Michael Holt

Just fortunate for us, fortunate that it's not as bad, i'm sure we appreciate that.

Kela Miller

We are very fortunate with the Stanford initiative, that among the things he has set out is the procurement of these coaching aids.

Jackie Hendriks

We're fortunate. This time, nobody lost their life because of the delay.

Chris Steele

We're very fortunate. Only a couple of people got hurt. It could have been a lot worse.

Jay Payne

We have a lot of good depth with the girls as well. We are fortunate to have that.

Tim Hood

Everything about today was amazing. I would have liked to get into the top six in one of my events, but I'm not mad or anything. I feel very fortunate to make three finals.

Nick Floyd

We're fortunate. The way we started this year, we're very fortunate to be where we are. I hope everybody realizes that and will come back and fight for it.

Nick Boynton

He got it, man, ... Clay understands the music. I've been fortunate in my career. But it's a tough fight out there by yourself.

Nat King Cole

It's been 15 or 20 years since we've had such perfect weather. We were very, very fortunate.

Patsy Brooks

The two occupants are very fortunate to be alive. The plane was a home-built type of plane.

Davis Dickson

We really feel very fortunate that we do have some remains coming home to us, and we are welcoming him home.

Brenda Scott

When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.

Frankie Avalon

We're very, very fortunate we didn't get any rain.

Jim Modig

I was just fortunate to be a place to get a shot through and we had a great screen.

Derek Morris

I've been very fortunate and responsive to how well this company has performed on behalf of the people there.

William Mcguire

We're fortunate to have two horses in the race and we hope they live up to their billing.

Tim Poole

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.

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