“I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.”

— John Danforth

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American politician 1936

David Clement-Davies book Fell

Source: Fell

“All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny.”

Glenn Beck book An Inconvenient Book

The Income Gap: The Rich Get Richer, Good for Them
An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems
2007-11-20
Threshold Editions
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2000s

“I think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.”

Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist

Source: Underworld

“Most of us tend to belittle all suffering except our own," said Mary. "I think it's fear. We don't want to come too near in case we're sucked in and have to share it.”

Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) English fiction writer

Source: The Scent of Water

“The vanity held by many of us puny humans tends to bolster a belief that we control our own destiny within the universe, or are even masters of our own climate control. Recent events such as the PDO shift remind us that the slow but powerful forces of nature remain in control.”

Anthony Watts (1958) American television meteorologist

A reminder to us flyspecks on an elephant's butt http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/05/07/a-reminder-to-us-flyspecks-on-an-elephants-butt/, wattsupwiththat.com, May 7, 2008.
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