"We're all so lucky to be here tonight when so many others are in pain, " she said.

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But this is a Lucky Country, and today I feel lucky to be here as we mark the 60th anniversary of our unbreakable alliance.

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Speaking about his own struggle with addiction, which lasted 20 years, he told BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones last year he felt "lucky" to be "here to talk about it".

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But we were lucky enough to be born in a country where here, everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, everybody plays by the same set of rules -- no matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, no matter what your last name is, you can make it here if you try.

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Conversely, we also tend to assume experts that make correct forecasts were brilliant, rather than lucky it will be interesting to see if this happens here as well.

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"He then went on to say how grateful he was to be here in the United States, how grateful he was to be at school and what a lucky and fortunate person he was, " Mr. Aaronson recalled.

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