"Things are bound to begin happening if you've got your wits about you. You create the lucky accidents."
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"Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy."
"Torture is senseless violence, born in fear... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky if these crimes were the work of savages: the truth is that torture makes torturers."
"I do feel pretty lucky that I'm not so great at playing and singing, it forces me to make sure I've really got something worth presenting because I can't rely on any kind of virtuosity to dazzle people with."
"I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived."
"I tried heroin just the once. Even then, I didn't realize I'd taken it. I was just handed something, smoked it, then found out what it was. It didn't do anything for me, which was lucky because I wouldn't have fancied heading down that road."
"I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things."
"I've always told my son Scott the same thing: Don't rush into anything, because there's gonna be a lot of fish in the sea. You can be one of the people that's lucky enough not to become a loser two and three and four times over like people do, just by being a little more patient."
"We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries."
"Life is like a rain drop on a lotus leaf. Everybody realises that you're either very lucky person or you're not."
"I guess I'd rather be lucky than good."
"It’s not the good that die young, it’s the lucky."
"I feel so, so lucky. Lucky because of many things."
"It's better to be born lucky than rich. If you're rich, you may lose your money, but if you're born lucky, you will always have more money."
"Sometimes you are lucky enough to get offered things and there is no rhyme or reason."
"I didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22."
"If you go through life and actually get to find out the thing you want to do, you're very lucky."
"I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes."
"But Anatole said suddenly, 'Don't expect God's protection in places beyond God's dominion. It will only make you feel punished. I'm warning you. When things go bad, you will blame yourself.' 'What are you telling me?' 'I am telling you what I'm telling you. Don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you are good, bad things can still happen. And if you are bad, you can still be lucky."
"You can only be lucky if you have a place to record."