Optimists, in comparison to pessimists, were more likely to avoid fatal accidents, fatalities that can be described as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

与悲观者相比，乐观者更可能避免致命的意外。可以认为死亡是在错误的时间站在了错误的地方。

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They were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

他们仅仅只不过是在错误的时候出现在了错误的地方而已。

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You're simply a human, who unfortunately was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and indisputably running with the wrong crowd, I might add.

你不过是个人类，一个很不幸出现在错误的时间，错误的地点的人类。而且无可辩驳地，和一群错误的人待在了一起，我得加上这一句。

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If you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, you were history. That was all.

如果你在错误的时间出现在错误的地点,那你就将死定了

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They're not going to follow somebody who says this is the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time.

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