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These quotes credit fortuitous timing for major outcomes, including one describing how being born at the right moment shaped an entire career.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Cusp
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Nov 07, 2020

Looking back, Google's success came from the fortuitous timing of being born at the cusp of the broadband age. But it also came about because of the new reality of the Internet: a lot of services were going to be algorithmic, and owning your own infrastructure would be a key advantage.

Quotes by Om Malik

Nov 07, 2020

The result of this union would be, not the fortuitous result of a series of approximations and concessions, but the harmonious synthesis of two aspects of a single thought.

Quotes by Jacques Ibert

Opportunity
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Nov 07, 2020

Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.

Quotes by Ethan Coen

Feel
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't think my background in Zambia has really affected my lens because my classical training has been Western-style. But it's fantastically fortuitous to have been born African because I don't feel I have a vested interest to the U.S. or China or wherever.

Quotes by Dambisa Moyo

Necessity
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Nov 07, 2020

Party machinery is not a fortuitous development, but is the direct result of the requirements of practical politics. The necessity of nominating candidates for offices leads inevitably to the development of caucuses and conventions.

Quotes by Charles A. Beard

Combination
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Nov 07, 2020

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

Quotes by C. P. Scott

Hard Work
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Nov 07, 2020

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

Quotes by Barbara Kruger

Others describe movies and creative unions coming together through fortunate circumstances rather than any fixed plan from the start.

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