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But to deny fate is arrogance, to declare that we are the sole shapers of our existence is madnessif you deny fate life becomes the series of missed opportunities, a regret for what never was and could have been, a remorse of what was not done and could have been done, and the present is wasted, twisted into another missed oppurtunity.

Oriana Fallaci

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Oriana Fallaci
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 29
Died: 2006
Died: September 15
Conspiracy Theorist
Journalist
Politician
War Correspondent
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.
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But here's what I've learned in this war, in this country, in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.
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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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No matter what system you live under, there is no escaping the law that it's always the strongest, the cruellest, the least generous who win.
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Love isn’t putting chain on someone who wants to struggle and is ready to die for it, love is letting him die in the way he’s chosen.
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