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  • Oddly enough, the man who said this quote was NOT a famous philosopher, poet, writer, etc....but a baseball player! Lefty Gomez, a Yankee player, said this (Allen, being a hugh baseball fan, turned this quote into something profound, here).

    And I agree. As much as we'd like to say we have complete free will, there are so many factors that we have absolutely no control over in our lives. That being said, I'd rather be lucky, too.

  • SPOILER!

    When he throws the ring and its bounces of the rail. It's just so... epic.

  • this is one of the best opening monologues by woody allen; probably only second to Annie Hall's opening scene.

  • Yes..... I strongly believe..... a Man controls his own FATE!!

  • Great Music... This is what my ex's mistress send to him few months back!!!

    I wonder if she would have said the same thing if he was her own husband!!!

    I wish them both luck...... He didn't deserve me!!

  • best movie!

  • i love the speaker's accent.

  • @robintrailer

    I guess it's Jonathan Meyers himself

  • Puramente cierto....una invitación a dejarse llevar.

  • The man who said: "I'd rather be lucky than good", saw deeply into life... so true!

  • The best movie from Allen

  • best movie ever made

  • What a fabulous movie! I would like to be one of those rich brithish that appears in the movie.

  • does anyone know the song??

  • The song is Una Furtiva Lagrima from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti.

  • So "unfortunately" true

  • And it's true. His luck comes back for him. When the wedding ring hits the top of railing.

  • beautiful.

  • This is too true! Beautifully written - something to remember in everyday life..

  • THis is the most beautiful intro for a movie ever made!

  • There's something about this opening that's beautifully haunting.

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