Quote by Philip Pullman
We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not,

We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair. – Philip Pullman

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I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and theyd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! – Philip Pullman

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I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools. – Philip Pullman

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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. – Jawaharlal Nehru

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There’s much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it. – Diana Trilling

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Accept the things to which fate binds you and love the people with whom fate brings you together, and do so with all your heart. – Marcus Aurelius

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[W]hat is called chance is the instrument of Providence… – Horace Walpole, 1777 letter to Countess of Ossory

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The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it. – Simon Wiesenthal

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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. – J.K. Galbraith

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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. – Arabic Proverb

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