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Fate

«Man, when reduced to nothing, or in other words, a survivor, is not tragic but comic, because he has no fate. On the other hand, he lives with an awareness of tragic fate. This is a paradox.»
Author: Imre Kertesz (Writer) | About: Fate
«Whatever happened to anyone else could happen to you and to me - And the end of my youth was the possible truth that it all happens randomly.»
Author: Indigo Girls | About: Fate
«It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.»
«I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.»
«See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30.»
Author: Casey Stengel (Baseball Player, Manager) | About: Chance, Fate, Luck | Keywords: fella, fellas
«It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.»
Author: E. M. Forster (Essayist, Novelist) | About: Fate | Keywords: agreements, temperament
«We make our own fortunes and we call them fate»
«We create our fate every day we live»
Author: Henry Miller (Author, Writer) | About: Fate
«Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.»
«What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Fate | Keywords: abide, boots, impose, tide

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