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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 no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to.
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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.
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If a man is a man and not a sheep in the flock, he has a survival instinct in him that leads him to fight even if he realizes he's fighting in vain, even if he knows he will lose.
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I defend Israel's right to exist, to defend themselves, to not let themselves be exterminated a second time.
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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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Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
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We do not understand these Americans who, like adolescents, always speak of sex, and who, like adolescents, all of a sudden have discovered that sex is good not only for procreating children.
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I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I've found what I was looking for, Child: what people call love between a man and a woman is a season. And if, at its flowering, this season is a feast of greenery, at its waning, it's only a heap of rotting leaves.
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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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To have realized your dream makes you feel lost.
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Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.
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Sometimes I ask myself whether [Indira Gandhi] had, even then, a certain contempt for the system she represented and, years later, would overthrow.
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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
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America's a hard school, I know, but hard schools make excellent graduates.
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There are three points of view to everything - mine, yours, and the truth.
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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