Michelle Obama

I want a president with a record of public service: someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase form and fortune for ourselves; we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

American First Lady

Drew Barrymore

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.

American Actress

Jane Austen

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

British Writer

Javier Zanetti

Sportive fortunes get built day after day, week after week through a healthy lifestyle.

Argentinian Athlete

Marcus Tullius Cicero

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Roman Statesman

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Michel de Montaigne

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

French Philosopher

Herman Melville

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

American Novelist

Robert Louis Stevenson

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Scottish Writer

Graham Potter

You always need a bit of fortune in life.

English Businessman

Often used informally when talking about someone who's very wealthy without specifying exact amounts.

Colloquial Usage

Sometimes used to exaggerate the cost or value of something for emphasis.

Exaggeration

Can refer to good luck or bad luck, context will clarify which one.

Positive or Negative

When related to luck, it doesn't have to involve money. It can be about any lucky incident.

Not Always Money

It emphasizes the unpredictability of the future, often with a mysterious connotation.

Future Uncertainty

Can imply a destined path or outcomes in a person's life that seem pre-determined.

Life Path

Refers to sudden wealth that comes unexpectedly, often with life-changing implications.

Unexpected Windfall

Often found in news or media, highlighting dramatic changes in someone's financial status.

Media Stories

 and had no children. When his will was opened after his death, it came as a surprise that his fortune was to be used for five prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. These prizes illustrated his lifelong commitment to sciences and his passion for literature.

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 he sent samples to labs all over the world. Soon the world's first cell production facility was churning out 6 trillion HeLa cells a week, and scientists put them to work in an ethically problematic way, building careers and fortunes off of Henrietta's cells

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 action since then I've led design work at agencies startups and now a fortune 100 company using my skills as a designer I've launched several initiatives that allowed me to introduce the wonder and humanity of science to the world just

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 of year the devout fill the streets where they ask for good fortune in the new year and the men endure elaborate tests of strength and endurance but the village of bow day demonstrates its religious devotion unlike any other

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 through a variety of things. Tech fortunes in general have done well, even this year, which is one of those great contrasts in what's going on in the world.

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 of tons of soil as the set has expanded and contracted in line with the family's fortunes most of the badges life is spent down here

Fortune

A large amount of money or possessions.

Often appears as...

Chance or luck as a force in life.

Often appears as...

What will happen to you in the future.

Often appears as...

A very large and unexpected amount of money won by someone.

Often appears as...

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