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bad odds Quotes

Four of the best book quotes about bad odds
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“Life is a gamble, at terrible odds. If it were a bet you wouldn’t take it.”
Tom Stoppard
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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The Player
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life
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bad odds
gambling at life
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“Perhaps somewhere, someone has done the research, has calculated the precise odds of a newborn child in the United States of America accidentally being given to the wrong parents. I suspect the likelihood is similar to the chances of being struck by lightning.”
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“Well this is my story- the story of me and my daughter, of my husband and my son and of two perfect strangers. It is the story of how one day, sixteen years ago, without notice, without warning, we were all struck by lightning.”
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“But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world. Given a story to enact in which they are the lords of the world, they will act like lords of the world.”

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