People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
Frank Sinatra
Related People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to... FRANK SINATRA Luck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After tha... FRANK SINATRA Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON To convince people to back your idea, you've got to sell it to yourself and know when it's t... JAMES CAMERON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I know I can't plan in this business, but I'm going to keep going as long as I keep getting ... AARON LAZAR In this business, I don't know how you can have a plan or how you can orchestrate anything. But ... JANUARY JONES I listen to everything from Lady Gaga to Lady Antebellum. I've got Frank Sinatra. I've got o... TRACY LAWRENCE You often hear people say 'Luck is self made.' I think it is, to a certain extent; if you wo... GREG LAKE It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes. KATE WALSH I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish ... EOIN COLFER Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports... BO JACKSON I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentall... ANDREW MASON What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. It's not really anything; it's just a fict... SHIA LABEOUF I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number ... JUDI DENCH I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've ... PATRICK STEWART Physically? If you've got really beautiful eyes, you have me in a trance right from the beginnin... RYAN GUZMAN I've often noticed that there is a moment when a man develops enough confidence and ease in a re... EVE BABITZ I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose i... QUENTIN BLAKE I've been getting pretty focused about that recently, and even considered doing a masters degree... DAVID KNOPFLER As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. ... BENJAMIN BRATT Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I... DANIEL BALDWIN You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say... BILL PARCELLS You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big op... BEN CARSON All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to h... BETTY CARTER Storage is important. Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that... ANTHEA TURNER I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've... JOHN HURT I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to... DARREN ARONOFSKY You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you'v... YAYOI KUSAMA For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. S... HALEY JOEL OSMENT I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to k... ANNE M. MULCAHY How does one gain confidence? It's just the repetitive nature of telling you how good you are. H... JIMMY WALKER I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in ... INES DE LA FRESSANGE It's so important for girls to respect themselves and not put themselves down and say, 'Oh, ... DAVID ARCHULETA I'm lucky to play Elektra. So far, it's the most exciting part I've ever had to play. I&... ELODIE YUNG What makes Gucci Mane Gucci Mane is like what made Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra - it's just him. ... HARMONY KORINE You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating... SAMANTHA MORTON Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only t... MAGNUS CARLSEN When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give di... ANNE M. MULCAHY It's not like I'm the first man ever to do this, y'know? You gotta go back to Nat King C... ICE CUBE One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in need... JOHN BARROW At AT&T, I learned an awful lot about people, and how important it is to have the right people i... EDWARD WHITACRE, JR. When talking to first-time entrepreneurs, I often ask them: 'How do you know that people want yo... KATHRYN MINSHEW To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, an... CAMPBELL SCOTT I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with bei... BARRY WATSON I've been incredibly lucky. I know what it's like to be an unemployed actor, to beat the bri... BEN SCHNETZER People are put off by the perception of science fiction, and it doesn't help if you've got r... PETER F. HAMILTON You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memo... WAYNE ROONEY Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now w... K'NAAN Great touch is often written off simply as 'talent,' which is crucial, because a good swing ... ARNOLD PALMER It's bizarre to have both a super-connected and disconnected world. Like, you can use Twitter in... PETE WENTZ It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who... TINA YOTHERS My thing is, and I've always been this way - to get to know as many people as I possibly can on ... RUSSELL WILSON I don't know how many bestsellers I've got, or half the awards I've won, and I don't... R. A. SALVATORE I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but dist... GARY NUMAN I think the important thing is that I've never tried to be someone I'm not. People can read ... AJ LEE Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applie... DEREK JACOBI I've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky. DONATELLA VERSACE I'm lucky I had signposts in my life. At important times, I got pointed in the right direction b... KERRY STOKES As far as I'm concerned, collaboration is the essence of life. It's wonderful to be able to ... LESLEY GORE You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself. HENRY KRAVIS I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think... JESSIE J I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I w... JONATHAN AMES Frank Sinatra did 'Born Free', Tony Bennett did 'Walkabout,' but you have no control... JOHN BARRY The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI I'm of the mindset that most people who have kids are, which is, 'Hey, I want another me. I ... DAVID CROSS There have been times that I've wept as I've gone from city to city and I've seen how fa... BILLY GRAHAM I'm really lucky, because I've been able to go places and meet people you can only dream of. FRANCES BEAN COBAIN I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL It's doesn't just come overnight, you've got to train for it and believe in yourself; th... MO FARAH Which is - you know, like check it out, I'm pretty young, I'm only about 40 years old. I sti... ELIZABETH GILBERT You're only as old as you feel, and I feel pretty young. I've got one gear, and till it gets... A.J. STYLES I'm lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that ... EMILY ALYN LIND We all have different things that we go through in our everyday life, and it's really important ... KELLY ROWLAND Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people... LUCILLE BALL You know, I'm a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I've diagnosed some pre... BEN CARSON Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' is my ultimate karaoke song. It is a wonderfu... DHANI JONES The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or... ALEX PETTYFER You have to remember what's most important in life. I am loved by so many people and have a wond... TROIAN BELLISARIO I like to play around with people who don't know me. Often I'm talking to people through my ... MARLEE MATLIN What's important is that, come the general election, people think the right things of you. They ... GEORGE OSBORNE I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm ... PAUL WELLER Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports the onl... BO JACKSON When I'm in New York, I have a wonderful hair and makeup team. We've just been laughing all ... CARRIE ANN INABA I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm s... DREW BARRYMORE I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is conce... DAVID MORRISSEY Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip ever... AL ROKER France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing th... JOHNNY DEPP People always think actors are really 'out there,' so you wouldn't have me pegged as one... TALIA BALSAM I've often used the extremes in my work to comment on the mainstream. I think that sometimes a s... LAUREN GREENFIELD I've been really lucky in the work that I have done so far, to work with good female actors in l... SARAH SNOOK I think it's so important to feed your brain you know. Sometimes you've just got to read. VANESSA BROWN Once you start trying to sell creativity, you're always going to run into the problem that the p... DAVE PIRNER
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