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I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.

~Birch Bayh

Topics: Able Age Being Congress Die Enough Fortune Good Good Fortune Had Injustice Lowering Members Old Old Enough People Right Sent Them Thought Vietnam Vote Voting Were Where You Young Young People

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A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Bad Buddha Finds Fortune Freedom Good Good Fortune Someone Who

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After 'Born to Run,' I had a reaction to my good fortune. With success, it felt like a lot of people who'd come before me lost some essential part of themselves. My greatest fear was that success was going to change or diminish that part of myself.

~Bruce Springsteen

Topics: After Before Born Change Come Diminish Essential Essential Part Fear Felt Fortune Going Good Good Fortune Greatest Had Like Lost Lot Me Myself Part People Reaction Run Some Success Themselves

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It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work 'The Sensations of Tone.' As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz's masterpieces.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: College Copy English Fortune Good Good Fortune Great Great Work His Known Masterpieces Possessed Sensations Still Student Tone Translation Well Well Known While Work

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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Closely Family Fortune Good Good Fortune Had Happy Having Knit

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I really have the good fortune that the actors who work with me on 'The Leftovers' are thoughtful, hard working, open people and generous people.

~Carrie Coon

Topics: Actor Fortune Generous Good Good Fortune Hard Leftovers Me Open People Really Thoughtful Who Work Working

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Money is often a matter of chance or good fortune and is not the mark of a successful life. It is not the thing that brings a throb of pleasure or a thrill into my life. And I would not pose as a successful man if that were to be the measure.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Brings Chance Fortune Good Good Fortune Life Man Mark Matter Measure Money My Life Often Pleasure Pose Successful Successful Man Thing Thrill Were Would

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I have had the good fortune to live - as an inside witness and, even, a modest participant - at a time when our understanding of this wonder we call 'life' has made its most revolutionary advances.

~Christian De Duve

Topics: Advances Call Even Fortune Good Good Fortune Had Inside Life Live Made Modest Most Our Participant Revolutionary Time Understanding Witness Wonder

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I had the good fortune to spend hours with my parents around the dinner table having debates on politics and economics.

~Dambisa Moyo

Topics: Around Debates Dinner Dinner Table Economics Fortune Good Good Fortune Had Having Hours Parents Politics Spend Table

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As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way.

~Daniel Nathans

Topics: Am Back Came Decades Few Fortune Good Good Fortune Last Life Look My Life Struck Way I Am

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