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The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

Quote by Francis Bacon about numbers, wealth, celebrity, stars, sky, light, man

I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one...

I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself.

Quote by Victoria Abril

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all...

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

Quote by Russell Baker about bad, old, olderness, people

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in...

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

Quote by Aeschylus about good luck, prosperity, life

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who...

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience.

Quote by Michael Bolton about experience

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about career, world, life

We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors.

Quote by Glenn Close about books, good, good luck

I'm glad I lived. There's plenty of things I've done in...

I'm glad I lived. There's plenty of things I've done in my life that could have killed me. I'm a very fortunate person.

Quote by Peter Fonda about man, people, things, life

I certainly would have regretted not getting into wrestling. It's been very lucrative for me and I've been fortunate to get into it and make money and not do anything stupid where I invested in something that collapsed.

Quote by Owen Hart about money

You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on.

Quote by Bill Paxton about water, things

I said, I don't care if he wants me to walk through the...

I said, I don't care if he wants me to walk through the film and exit. I just want to be in his presence. Fortunately it was an amazing script.

Quote by Elizabeth Pena about film

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