"The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable."
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"If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way."
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"I leave you, home, when I'm ripped from the doorstep by commerce or fate. Then I submit to the awful subway of the world."
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"The future was with Fate. The present was our own."
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"To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils."
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"At the age of five years to enter a spinning-cotton or other factory, and from that time forth to sit there daily, first ten, then twelve, and ultimately fourteen hours, performing the same mechanical labour, is to purchase dearly the satisfaction of drawing breath. But this is the fate of millions, and that of millions more is analogous to it."
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"It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards."
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"The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious."
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"I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough, that I was always going to be a quirky sidekick. And he was an ogre of a man. He should have been carrying a torch. If he was in a bar, he couldn't have come near me, and then he was deciding my fate."
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"It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity."
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"Men at sometime are the masters of their fate."
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"This day's black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end."
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"I believe in fate, I believe in hard work, and I feel like if I just keep marching, the path will kind of appear before me."
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"They, who passed away long ago, still exist in us, as predisposition, as burden upon our fate, as murmuring blood, and as gesture that rises up from the depths of time."
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"Never believe fate is more than the condensation of childhood."
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"America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It's 'winner take nothing' that is the great truth of our country or of any country. Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Our fate is to become one, and yet many - This in not prophecy, but description."
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"If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good."
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"We shun the rugged battle of fate where strength is born."
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"My secret to survival has been embracing life's challenges and not letting them dictate my frame of mind or determine my fate... Learning to stand strong in the face of challenge and adversity is the only way to get through the tough times."
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"The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister."
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