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John Jakes

"No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck."

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Amber Hurdle

"It only takes luck to make the right choices in life."

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"I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on."

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Amber Hurdle

"A broken mirror is good luck if you want it to be."

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"Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad."

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Amber Hurdle

"I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck."

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Amber Hurdle

"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."

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"Why is it no one sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose."

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Amber Hurdle

"Good luck is a residue of preparation."

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Amber Hurdle

"...luck is not to be coerced."

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Amber Hurdle

"Maybe good luck was like bad luck in that it took a while to sink in."

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"The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire bells woke George Hazard. He stumbled through the dark hallway, then upstairs to the mansion tower, and stepped outside into the narrow balcony."
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"The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land."
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"The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell."
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John Jakes
"No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck."
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