George S. Clason Quotes

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who do not depend on it.

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• Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Favorite
  • Ever
  • Michael

• I'm very comfortable being naked. It's one of my favorite things to do.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • Favorite
  • Comfortable
  • Naked

• You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Luck
  • Opportunities
  • Step

• I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Luck
  • Chicago
  • Try

• People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.

  

  Ralph Baer
  • People
  • Life
  • True

• I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • May
  • Hope
  • Wish

• Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Girl

• My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because, as far as I'm concerned, love is absolutely everything.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Love Is

• My favorite 'Mister Rogers' episodes were always the ones where Mr. Rogers would go into the community.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Community
  • Favorite
  • Go

• My biggest luck was the Terry McMillan era, because what happened after the phenomenon of 'Waiting to Exhale' is that publishing woke up. They said, 'Wow. Black people do read.'

  

  Tananarive Due
  • People
  • Up
  • Black

• I love researching. That's one of my favorite parts about school.

  

  Madison Pettis
  • School
  • Favorite
  • Researching

• I'm a school dropout. So, at the age of 16, I moved to Mumbai to try my luck on some business.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • School
  • Business
  • Age

• My life has been very lucky, but I made some of that luck.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Luck

• We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Identity
  • Own
  • Depend

• I definitely love 'Camelot.' It's my favorite show. I'm a big 'True Blood' fan. I love 'American Idol,' and I love my girl J-Lo. The rest are my homework shows: 'Forensic Files,' 'Dr. G. Medical Examiner,' 'The First 48.'

  

  Tamala Jones
  • True
  • Girl
  • Favorite

• Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

  

  Fergus Henderson
  • Great
  • Ambition
  • Fate

• Danny Lyon is one of my favorite photographers.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Favorite
  • Photographers

• Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it.

  

  Barry McGee
  • Work
  • Live
  • Sleep

• Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but I've consistently strived to create whatever good fortune I can get in my life - and consistently strive just as hard not to screw it up once I have it!

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• Another Black Label motto. That's what I think life is. It's just another bridge to cross. You ask no questions. Whatever work it is you gotta do, you gotta go over it, under it, through it, around it, to do it.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Life
  • Work
  • Black

• When Andy Kaufman performed, he was not just trying to be funny. He was playing with the notion of what it means to try to be funny, of what it means to be an audience expecting somebody to be funny. He was doing a dance and playing a game.

  

  James Murphy
  • Trying
  • Game
  • Funny

• You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super Bowl only has 7,000 to 8,000 fans for each team.

  

  Lamar Hunt
  • You
  • Team
  • Fans

• Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find music that fits the world of that visual artist.

  

  Wayne McGregor
  • World
  • Music
  • Start

• Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who do not depend on it.

  

  George S. Clason
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