Fortune Quotes
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Players have responsibilities, because, whether they like it or not, they are public figures. They have to be aware that the people who come to the ground spend fortunes in relation to what they earn.
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No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.
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Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.
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I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.
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Ignorant people always suppose that popular writers are wonderfully well-paid - and must be making rapid fortunes - because they neither starve in garrets, nor wear rags - at least in America.
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Reserve some hours daily to examine yourself and fortune; for if you embark yourself in perpetual conversation or recreation, you will certainly shipwreck your mind and fortune.
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We have to rise above bad fortune. We have to be in the good and enjoy the good, study and work and adventure and friendship and community and love.
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I have often noticed that when Fate has a phenomenal run of ill luck in store for you, she begins by dropping a rare piece of good fortune into your lap, thereby enhancing the artistic effect of the sequel.
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Happiness is essentially perfect; so that the happy man requires in addition the goods of the body, external goods and the gifts of fortune, in order that his activity may not be impeded through lack of them.
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Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.
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It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
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The test of friendship is its fidelity when every charm of fortune and environment has been spent away, and the bare, undraped character alone remains; if love still holds steadfast, and the joy of companionship survives in such an hour, the fellowship becomes a beautiful prophecy of immortality.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune.
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Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent.
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Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.
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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
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When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's children. That distorts their life situation.
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My first contact with game theory was a popular article in 'Fortune Magazine' which I read in my last high school year. I was immediately attracted to the subject matter, and when I studied mathematics, I found the fundamental book by von Neumann and Morgenstern in the library and studied it.
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We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.
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I've had the good fortune of teaching and preaching across much of the globe, while also struggling to make sense of my experience in my own tiny world.
