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“you never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men
“Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?” Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
“Some folk want their luck buttered.” Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
“Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.” Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
“Success is more than luck. You have to believe in yourself and make it happen.” Richard Branson, Screw It, Let's Do It
“however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there.” Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“O, I am fortune's fool!” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“It’s not that simple: to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running; and, if you have a good team around you and more than your fair share of luck, you might make something happen.” Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity
“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“luck . . . I'd like to buy some if there's any place they sell it” Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
“Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.” William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“I find my zenith doth depend upon a most auspicious star, whose influence if now I court not, but omit, my fortunes will ever after droop.” William Shakespeare, The Tempest
“Them that die'll be the lucky ones.” Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
“And good luck and strong white teeth go with noble children that they may never forget the hungry in this world.” Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
“Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being anything but accidents in a very busy place. Good for her.” Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick

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