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Over the years, I've interviewed the victims, the guilty, the famous, the important, and the ordinary people affected by tragedy or good fortune. But strangely, it is not always the people in the spotlight that have stayed with me. It is often those on the periphery, the bit players in the drama, that continue to haunt.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Affected Always Bit Continue Drama Famous Fortune Good Good Fortune Guilty Haunt Important Me Often Ordinary Ordinary People Over People Players Spotlight Stayed Strangely Those Tragedy Victims Years

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The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Calm Composed Effect Fortune Good Good Fortune Moderation Owing People Prosperity Smooth Temper

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It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.

~Gail Sheehy

Topics: Career Clay Daughter Find Fortune Freelance Good Good Fortune Had Home Job Magazine Mentor New New York Quit Started Stay Very Who Writer York Young

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I don't think you can climb Mount Everest with a broken leg, but I did break my leg prior to going to Mount Everest, so I was really climbing with a healing broken leg. I had the good fortune of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. That was a goal that I had.

~Gary Johnson

Topics: Break Broken Climb Climbing Continents Did Each Everest Fortune Goal Going Good Good Fortune Had Healing Highest Leg Mount Mount Everest Mountain Prior Really Seven Think You

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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.

~Gary Johnson

Topics: Able Building Business Climb Continents Creating Each Enjoyed Fortune Freedom Gained Good Good Fortune Had Highest Lifestyle Making Money Mountain Scratch Seven Some Successful Wanted

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I suppose I arrived at my charitable commitment largely through guilt. I recognized early on that my good fortune was not due to superior personal character or initiative so much as it was to dumb luck.

~George Kaiser

Topics: Arrived Character Charitable Commitment Due Dumb Early Fortune Good Good Fortune Guilt Initiative Largely Luck Much Personal Recognized Superior Suppose Through

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I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!

~George Kennedy

Topics: Am Anyway Argue Been Brilliant Course Decades Fortune Good Good Fortune Had He Him Luck Lucky Many Primarily Said Speaking Success Success Is Talented Very Who Who Am I

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