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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

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McCarthy, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005, ch. 9.

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If it wasn't for bad luck
You know, I wouldn't have no luck at all

Albert King

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Born Under a Bad Sign

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Bell, William. "Born Under a Bad Sign." Composed by Booker T. Jones. Performed by Albert King. Born Under a Bad Sign. Stax Records, 1967.

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Everything you touch turns to shit, like King Midas's idiot brother.

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Inside Llewyn Davis. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, StudioCanal/Anton Capital Entertainment/Scott Rudin Productions/Mike Zoss Productions, 2013.

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Oh, life is like that. Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us.

Ralphie Parker

A Christmas Story

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A Christmas Story. Directed by Bob Clark, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983.

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You ever feel like nothin' good was ever gonna happen to you?

Christopher Moltisanti

The Sopranos

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"The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti." The Sopranos, written by Frank Renzulli and David Chase, directed by Tim Van Patten, season 1, episode 8, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 1999.

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If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.

Derek Zoolander

Zoolander

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Zoolander. Directed by Ben Stiller, Village Roadshow Productions/VH1 Films/NPV Entertinment/Red Hour Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2001.

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Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

Sophocles

Ajax

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Sophocles. Αἴας [Ajax]. c. 441 BCE, Athens, Greece.

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Sophocles. "Ajax." Electra and Other Plays, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

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If it wasn't for bad luck You know, I wouldn't have no luck at all

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Everything you touch turns to shit, like King Midas's idiot brother.

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Oh, life is like that. Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us.

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You ever feel like nothin' good was ever gonna happen to you?

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If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.

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Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

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If it wasn't for bad luck
You know, I wouldn't have no luck at all