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I'm very fortunate that I made my decision to quit before the big dollar seasons had arrived, if I had waited until the 1980s I would have been hooked with an expensive boat mortgage and stuck in a shrinking industry. – Bob Jordan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I am very fortunate to have the pathology reports show that the tumors are all non-aggressive, and that there is no indication that they have spread, so thanks to my local doctor Cliff Sewell and the incredible team at the Mayo Clinic, all is well and I can return to normal activities in two weeks from my surgery. – Phil Lesh & Friends	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't think about the rankings or if one birdie is going to put me a couple shots in front of her, i feel very fortunate that there is a great competitor like her where I can work harder and be as good as her or get to that ranking. – Lydia Ko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I've been extraordinarily fortunate to be surrounded by people who want to go on the journey with me, through all the ups and downs, people I've relied on are generally the people who want to be there along the way, not those who are being forced to be. – Mark Pollock	Found on CNN 8 years ago
While I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time in August aboard a train bound for Paris, I only wish that the same could be said for today, i praise the first responders who were on the ground today in Roseburg as they undoubtedly were integral in saving numerous lives and putting a stop to what could have been more tragic than it is. – Alek Skarlatos	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I was one of the fortunate ones. Now I'm here to support all the victims. – Lisa Christie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We are at a little bit of a fortunate time, we are coming off a bunch of big investments. – Chief Executive Officer Rich Kruger	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We worked hard all week and to be able to be successful and execute was good for us, the entire offense played well. I'm very fortunate to be a part of the group that I am. – Marcus Mariota	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I just love to play tennis and I am fortunate to have Leander as my partner. – Martina Hingis	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Pregnancy was easy, i was very fortunate … I was playing tennis a week before I delivered, and working out with my trainer, but the delivery at 51 was way harder than the delivery at 33 with my last baby. – Sherri Dickson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The world will never know her artistry and talent, and how much she had to offer. Her friends and family were fortunate enough to have known what she meant as a person, her star will continue to shine bright in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. May she rest in peace. – Morgan Freeman	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It has always been part of our culture and tradition to assist and care for less fortunate and marginalized members of our communities. This culture is also embodied in the spirit and tradition of Ubuntu. – Motsepe Foundation	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We don't have an Olympics, so we are fortunate that the Olympic Committee allows us to come in and kind of show off our sport, in North America it is really hard to build up our skating clubs, it's hard to keep kids in the sport (when) they see gymnastics, ice skating and they kind of join those and ...stop roller skating. – Courtney Donovan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For more than a decade, I was fortunate enough to play a role in the success of 'E! News' and will miss my family at the show, at the same time, I am excited to not only continue as host of two major franchises on E! but also executive produce the aspirational new show 'Rich in Faith' for Oxygen as well as take my wine and clothing lines to the next level. This is such a thrilling time for me and I thank the gang at E! for understanding my desire to embark on this next chapter in my life. – Bill Rancic	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We cherry-picked them, there were great customers in there. These were 100 percent performing loans with long repayment histories. We felt really fortunate. – Al Brooks	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We're very fortunate that it wasn't on a weekend or a big holiday, there is extensive damage inside, a lot of trees down, and trailers tipped over, and roofs off. – Cynthia McCoy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Really, it’s a world on its own. i have been fortunate enough to actually portray a lot of strong female characters on television, but Quinn is different. – Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Yeah it's a long grueling race. It's trying on not just on the drivers, but on the race cars and the teams. we were fortunate to have a few race cars that were spared in the fires. – Michael McDowell	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We have been so fortunate. It's funny how perspective changes — I think having a grandchild made a big difference, i urge (Hillary Clinton) to go out there and have a good time, tell the American people what you wanted to do, explain what the challenges are from her point of view and what we should do, and just be grateful. We've had a wonderful life. And I'm grateful. – Bill Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate. – Lincoln Chafee	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Each elephant costs over $65,000 a year, per year, over all the years of their life, we're fortunate we're for profit. We do make a profit and we're a privately owned family business, and so we've made a decision we want to devote a lot of resources here. – Irvin Feld	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think I've had a great career (even if) some people think the opposite, i feel very fortunate. I've done some great things in and outside the golf course. I always give it my best effort. If someone plays better than you the only thing you can do is congratulate him and keep trying. (Winning a major) is important, but it's not the most important thing. – Sergio Garcia	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
She's never changed. She's 74 years old. She could win a beauty contest today. She is the nicest person. She has been a wonderful mother, a terrific wife to me. I wish there was a way I could express to everyone how fortunate I am. – Harry Reid	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We're very fortunate he lived long enough to get verification for his service because many other World War II vets died before that happened. – Minna Rae	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

I'm very fortunate that I made my decision to quit before the big dollar seasons had arrived, if I had waited until the 1980s I would have been hooked with an expensive boat mortgage and stuck in a shrinking industry.

– Bob Jordan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I am very fortunate to have the pathology reports show that the tumors are all non-aggressive, and that there is no indication that they have spread, so thanks to my local doctor Cliff Sewell and the incredible team at the Mayo Clinic, all is well and I can return to normal activities in two weeks from my surgery.

– Phil Lesh & Friends

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't think about the rankings or if one birdie is going to put me a couple shots in front of her, i feel very fortunate that there is a great competitor like her where I can work harder and be as good as her or get to that ranking.

– Lydia Ko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I've been extraordinarily fortunate to be surrounded by people who want to go on the journey with me, through all the ups and downs, people I've relied on are generally the people who want to be there along the way, not those who are being forced to be.

– Mark Pollock

Found on CNN
8 years ago

While I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time in August aboard a train bound for Paris, I only wish that the same could be said for today, i praise the first responders who were on the ground today in Roseburg as they undoubtedly were integral in saving numerous lives and putting a stop to what could have been more tragic than it is.

– Alek Skarlatos

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I was one of the fortunate ones. Now I'm here to support all the victims.

– Lisa Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We are at a little bit of a fortunate time, we are coming off a bunch of big investments.

– Chief Executive Officer Rich Kruger

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We worked hard all week and to be able to be successful and execute was good for us, the entire offense played well. I'm very fortunate to be a part of the group that I am.

– Marcus Mariota

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I just love to play tennis and I am fortunate to have Leander as my partner.

– Martina Hingis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Pregnancy was easy, i was very fortunate … I was playing tennis a week before I delivered, and working out with my trainer, but the delivery at 51 was way harder than the delivery at 33 with my last baby.

– Sherri Dickson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The world will never know her artistry and talent, and how much she had to offer. Her friends and family were fortunate enough to have known what she meant as a person, her star will continue to shine bright in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. May she rest in peace.

– Morgan Freeman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It has always been part of our culture and tradition to assist and care for less fortunate and marginalized members of our communities. This culture is also embodied in the spirit and tradition of Ubuntu.

– Motsepe Foundation

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We don't have an Olympics, so we are fortunate that the Olympic Committee allows us to come in and kind of show off our sport, in North America it is really hard to build up our skating clubs, it's hard to keep kids in the sport (when) they see gymnastics, ice skating and they kind of join those and ...stop roller skating.

– Courtney Donovan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For more than a decade, I was fortunate enough to play a role in the success of 'E! News' and will miss my family at the show, at the same time, I am excited to not only continue as host of two major franchises on E! but also executive produce the aspirational new show 'Rich in Faith' for Oxygen as well as take my wine and clothing lines to the next level. This is such a thrilling time for me and I thank the gang at E! for understanding my desire to embark on this next chapter in my life.

– Bill Rancic

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We cherry-picked them, there were great customers in there. These were 100 percent performing loans with long repayment histories. We felt really fortunate.

– Al Brooks

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're very fortunate that it wasn't on a weekend or a big holiday, there is extensive damage inside, a lot of trees down, and trailers tipped over, and roofs off.

– Cynthia McCoy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Really, it’s a world on its own. i have been fortunate enough to actually portray a lot of strong female characters on television, but Quinn is different.

– Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Yeah it's a long grueling race. It's trying on not just on the drivers, but on the race cars and the teams. we were fortunate to have a few race cars that were spared in the fires.

– Michael McDowell

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We have been so fortunate. It's funny how perspective changes — I think having a grandchild made a big difference, i urge (Hillary Clinton) to go out there and have a good time, tell the American people what you wanted to do, explain what the challenges are from her point of view and what we should do, and just be grateful. We've had a wonderful life. And I'm grateful.

– Bill Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate.

– Lincoln Chafee

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Each elephant costs over $65,000 a year, per year, over all the years of their life, we're fortunate we're for profit. We do make a profit and we're a privately owned family business, and so we've made a decision we want to devote a lot of resources here.

– Irvin Feld

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think I've had a great career (even if) some people think the opposite, i feel very fortunate. I've done some great things in and outside the golf course. I always give it my best effort. If someone plays better than you the only thing you can do is congratulate him and keep trying. (Winning a major) is important, but it's not the most important thing.

– Sergio Garcia

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

She's never changed. She's 74 years old. She could win a beauty contest today. She is the nicest person. She has been a wonderful mother, a terrific wife to me. I wish there was a way I could express to everyone how fortunate I am.

– Harry Reid

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We're very fortunate he lived long enough to get verification for his service because many other World War II vets died before that happened.

– Minna Rae

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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