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Love is limitless. And for someone like me, raised in show business where self-concern is always a priority, how fortunate I am now to be concerned, first and foremost, with the welfare of someone else, day after day and night after night, holding my baby in my arms, I am at peace. I feel bliss. In those moments, all is right with the world. – Janet Jackson	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I feel fortunate to have met these young men and their families. I appreciate the opportunity to listen to their concerns and offer our sincere apologies on behalf of Nordstrom Rack, i also want to thank the young men for their poise in dealing with local law enforcement and the police themselves for handling the situation professionally. – Geevy Thomas	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I feel very fortunate that I am one of the folks up here who moved to the states by choice, i love West Virginia with all of the fiber in my being. – Bret Baier	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
That I'll never live to see my son born. That I'll never be able to say goodbye to my wife, say goodbye to my parents. But I am. I feel really very fortunate for that. – Passenger Matt Tranchin	Found on CNN 6 years ago
More than anything personally, I think it’s such a treat to get to work with amazing people for seven years. It’s so rare. All of my professional experiences had been limited to the run of a movie [ before the show ] … No more than six months at a time, i’ve gotten to work with these people through so many life changes … I’ve gotten to know everyone so well. It’s kind of like high school but longer. I feel so fortunate that I was able to be there at the beginning and help with the casting process … I feel like this sense of camaraderie that I have never felt before, and I don’t know if I will ever have again. – Zooey Deschanel	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We’re very fortunate to have a very iconic item that’s on so many restaurant menus. – Patrick Kaler	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I think marriage has a lot of vitality, if you’re fortunate, it’s like this dazzling organism. – Sarah Jessica Parker	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I was fortunate enough to work with the amazing Liz Smith. During my time at WNBC she was nothing short of fabulous. Liz passed away at the age of 94 and with her, a piece of New York. – Sandra Bernhard	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
If the house is flooded, you actually need to try to turn the main breaker off if power is still in the house, we’ve actually seen on the news where people sit in water with lights on; they’re just fortunate that either the breakers tripped on those outlets, or they’re just sitting ducks about to be electrocuted. – Keith Pinkerton	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It is a nice feeling not having to keep going out there, we were out there for a long time and both of us battled incredibly hard and whoever was going to draw the (short) straw was going to be hurting and obviously I feel very fortunate to have got through that. – The Australia-born Konta	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It was a big bang, like an explosion. It was big enough for everyone to hear and go look what happened. There was smoke and when I went over I saw people on the ground, one of the guys was run over, his leg was bent a funny way. we are fortunate that we had a firefighter on detail there. – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan	Found on CNN 6 years ago
I was a lasso instructor and a lariat importer, and they were all weird, fleeting jobs, i've been fortunate to do music all my life, and I've done enough acting to make it fun. – Bruce Hampton	Found on CNN 6 years ago
I know it sounds crazy to say 'he was too young' but he was, he was youthful and funny and sharp and generous and I was fortunate not only to have Don on this show as my guest but also to become close to him and his wife Barbara which was a lot of fun for me. – Jimmy Kimmel	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Our band has outlast multiple marriages... We found one another. I felt this very unique chemistry that had potential to be a cool band and we all shared that same idea…There have been so many moments sprinkled over time where it’s these incredible moments. We have been fortunate to have all these really cool opportunities… pushing forward to the next new thing and challenge, which is this tour coming up and things like that…that is what we are mainly thinking about not past achievements but future endeavors. – Brann Dailor	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
He knew what he was doing when he was coming up here, we're fortunate it stopped at one and it wasn't more. – Bill Aubry	Found on CNN 7 years ago
As a mother myself, of three young children, I know how hard it is to work while raising a family. And I also know that I'm far more fortunate than most. American families need relief. Policies that allow women with children to thrive should not be novelties, they should be the norm. – Ivanka Trump	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I am very fortunate to be able to walk in the free world, America the greatest country in the world. -Johnny Wowk AKA Johnny The Walker – Johnny Wowk	added by anonymous 7 years ago
We generally only compare up, meaning we hardly even consider what the people who have less accessibility than us or are less fortunate than us are doing, do you ever think about how the homeless spend their weekend? – Simon Rego	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
There is a false sense of immunity amongst populations of color and the doctors caring for us, cancer is cancer ; no population is fortunate enough to be exempt from this disease. – Mona Gohara	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We decided given that we didn't have good information and given that we thought the landscape was going to change that it was not an appropriate time for us to do a transaction, i will tell you that I think we were fortunate in making that decision. – Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Sprecher	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We're extremely fortunate that the main charge didn't go off, there were 25 people in the courtyard of the wine bar and another 30 outside on the alley in front. We wouldn't be here anymore if the bomb had gone off. – Ralph Millsaps	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I think we all deserve to be holding the trophy, but I think I'm very fortunate to be the real one holding it. – Lydia Ko	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I was very fortunate to have coaches, teammates, billets and parents who supported me throughout my career. it also takes a lot of luck to get to the NHL. – Eric Lindros	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The value of the pound would decline precipitously. It would also have an immediate and dramatic impact on financial markets, investment, prices and jobs, i would expect this devaluation to be bigger and also more disruptive than the 15 percent devaluation that occurred in September 1992, when I was fortunate enough to make a substantial profit for my hedge fund investors. – George Soros	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

Love is limitless. And for someone like me, raised in show business where self-concern is always a priority, how fortunate I am now to be concerned, first and foremost, with the welfare of someone else, day after day and night after night, holding my baby in my arms, I am at peace. I feel bliss. In those moments, all is right with the world.

– Janet Jackson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I feel fortunate to have met these young men and their families. I appreciate the opportunity to listen to their concerns and offer our sincere apologies on behalf of Nordstrom Rack, i also want to thank the young men for their poise in dealing with local law enforcement and the police themselves for handling the situation professionally.

– Geevy Thomas

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I feel very fortunate that I am one of the folks up here who moved to the states by choice, i love West Virginia with all of the fiber in my being.

– Bret Baier

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

That I'll never live to see my son born. That I'll never be able to say goodbye to my wife, say goodbye to my parents. But I am. I feel really very fortunate for that.

– Passenger Matt Tranchin

Found on CNN
6 years ago

More than anything personally, I think it’s such a treat to get to work with amazing people for seven years. It’s so rare. All of my professional experiences had been limited to the run of a movie [ before the show ] … No more than six months at a time, i’ve gotten to work with these people through so many life changes … I’ve gotten to know everyone so well. It’s kind of like high school but longer. I feel so fortunate that I was able to be there at the beginning and help with the casting process … I feel like this sense of camaraderie that I have never felt before, and I don’t know if I will ever have again.

– Zooey Deschanel

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We’re very fortunate to have a very iconic item that’s on so many restaurant menus.

– Patrick Kaler

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I think marriage has a lot of vitality, if you’re fortunate, it’s like this dazzling organism.

– Sarah Jessica Parker

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I was fortunate enough to work with the amazing Liz Smith. During my time at WNBC she was nothing short of fabulous. Liz passed away at the age of 94 and with her, a piece of New York.

– Sandra Bernhard

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

If the house is flooded, you actually need to try to turn the main breaker off if power is still in the house, we’ve actually seen on the news where people sit in water with lights on; they’re just fortunate that either the breakers tripped on those outlets, or they’re just sitting ducks about to be electrocuted.

– Keith Pinkerton

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It is a nice feeling not having to keep going out there, we were out there for a long time and both of us battled incredibly hard and whoever was going to draw the (short) straw was going to be hurting and obviously I feel very fortunate to have got through that.

– The Australia-born Konta

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It was a big bang, like an explosion. It was big enough for everyone to hear and go look what happened. There was smoke and when I went over I saw people on the ground, one of the guys was run over, his leg was bent a funny way. we are fortunate that we had a firefighter on detail there.

– Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I was a lasso instructor and a lariat importer, and they were all weird, fleeting jobs, i've been fortunate to do music all my life, and I've done enough acting to make it fun.

– Bruce Hampton

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I know it sounds crazy to say 'he was too young' but he was, he was youthful and funny and sharp and generous and I was fortunate not only to have Don on this show as my guest but also to become close to him and his wife Barbara which was a lot of fun for me.

– Jimmy Kimmel

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Our band has outlast multiple marriages... We found one another. I felt this very unique chemistry that had potential to be a cool band and we all shared that same idea…There have been so many moments sprinkled over time where it’s these incredible moments. We have been fortunate to have all these really cool opportunities… pushing forward to the next new thing and challenge, which is this tour coming up and things like that…that is what we are mainly thinking about not past achievements but future endeavors.

– Brann Dailor

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

He knew what he was doing when he was coming up here, we're fortunate it stopped at one and it wasn't more.

– Bill Aubry

Found on CNN
7 years ago

As a mother myself, of three young children, I know how hard it is to work while raising a family. And I also know that I'm far more fortunate than most. American families need relief. Policies that allow women with children to thrive should not be novelties, they should be the norm.

– Ivanka Trump

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I am very fortunate to be able to walk in the free world, America the greatest country in the world. -Johnny Wowk AKA Johnny The Walker

– Johnny Wowk

added by anonymous
7 years ago

We generally only compare up, meaning we hardly even consider what the people who have less accessibility than us or are less fortunate than us are doing, do you ever think about how the homeless spend their weekend?

– Simon Rego

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

There is a false sense of immunity amongst populations of color and the doctors caring for us, cancer is cancer ; no population is fortunate enough to be exempt from this disease.

– Mona Gohara

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We decided given that we didn't have good information and given that we thought the landscape was going to change that it was not an appropriate time for us to do a transaction, i will tell you that I think we were fortunate in making that decision.

– Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Sprecher

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We're extremely fortunate that the main charge didn't go off, there were 25 people in the courtyard of the wine bar and another 30 outside on the alley in front. We wouldn't be here anymore if the bomb had gone off.

– Ralph Millsaps

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I think we all deserve to be holding the trophy, but I think I'm very fortunate to be the real one holding it.

– Lydia Ko

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I was very fortunate to have coaches, teammates, billets and parents who supported me throughout my career. it also takes a lot of luck to get to the NHL.

– Eric Lindros

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The value of the pound would decline precipitously. It would also have an immediate and dramatic impact on financial markets, investment, prices and jobs, i would expect this devaluation to be bigger and also more disruptive than the 15 percent devaluation that occurred in September 1992, when I was fortunate enough to make a substantial profit for my hedge fund investors.

– George Soros

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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