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->''"You have known [[PowerOfTheVoid the Shadow]] as [[DarkIsEvil nothing but horrors]]. The Shadow sees [[LightEmUp the Light]] [[LightIsNotGood in the same way]]. Neither viewpoint is true. Neither is wrong. The Light seeks one path and shuns all others as lies. The Shadow seeks every possible path and sees them all as truth."''

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->''"You have known [[PowerOfTheVoid the Shadow]] as [[DarkIsEvil nothing but horrors]]. The Shadow sees [[LightEmUp the Light]] [[LightIsNotGood in the same way]]. [[BothSidesHaveAPoint Neither viewpoint is true. Neither is wrong. ]] The Light seeks one path and shuns all others as lies. The Shadow seeks every possible path and sees them all as truth."''
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-->--'''Shelob''', ''Videogame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar"

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-->--'''Shelob''', ''Videogame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar"''Videogame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar''

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-->-[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4879 Gerrard]] of the Weatherlight, TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering

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-->-[[http://gatherer.-->--[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4879 Gerrard]] of the Weatherlight, TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering



-->-''[[Literature/TalesOfTheBranionRealm The Stone Prince]]''

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-->-''[[Literature/TalesOfTheBranionRealm -->--''[[Literature/TalesOfTheBranionRealm The Stone Prince]]''



-->-'''Whistler''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Becoming"

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-->-'''Whistler''', -->--'''Whistler''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Becoming"



->"Destiny is equal parts chance, freewill, and necessity."

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->"Destiny is equal parts chance, freewill, free will, and necessity."



-->--'''Locus-Walker''', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''

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-->--'''Locus-Walker''', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''

->''"I don't know if the future is written or unwritten. My mind could travel up and down these paths, and they were like memories. But like memory, the mind would shape them to suit its ends. Were these my fears or my hopes? It takes a cold eye to see the future for what it is."''
-->--'''Shelob''', ''Videogame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar"
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->'''Bender''': So do you know what I'm gonna do I do it?\\

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->'''Bender''': So do you know what I'm gonna do before I do it?\\
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-->--''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''

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-->--''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''-->--''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''

->''"You have known [[PowerOfTheVoid the Shadow]] as [[DarkIsEvil nothing but horrors]]. The Shadow sees [[LightEmUp the Light]] [[LightIsNotGood in the same way]]. Neither viewpoint is true. Neither is wrong. The Light seeks one path and shuns all others as lies. The Shadow seeks every possible path and sees them all as truth."''
-->--'''Locus-Walker''', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
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->''The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed; my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... [[WhatYouAreInTheDark for I now find I have no choice at all]]. [[HeroicSacrifice I am a warrior...]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome let the battle be joined.]]''

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->''The ->''"The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed; my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... [[WhatYouAreInTheDark for I now find I have no choice at all]]. [[HeroicSacrifice I am a warrior...]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome let the battle be joined.]]''"''
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->''The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed; my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... for I now find I have no choice at all! [[HeroicSacrifice I am a warrior...]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome let the battle be joined!]]''

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->''The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed; my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... [[WhatYouAreInTheDark for I now find I have no choice at all! all]]. [[HeroicSacrifice I am a warrior...]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome let the battle be joined!]]''joined.]]''
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-->-[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4879 Gerrard]] of the Weatherlight, MagicTheGathering

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-->-[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4879 Gerrard]] of the Weatherlight, MagicTheGathering
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->'''Oracle:''' Candy?\\
'''Neo:'''...Do you already know if I'm going to take it?\\
'''Oracle:''' Wouldn't be much of an oracle if I didn't.\\
'''Neo:''' But if you already know, how can I make a choice?\\
'''Oracle:''' Because you didn't come here to make the choice. You've already made it. You're here to try to understand ''why'' you made it.
-->--''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''
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-->--''Anime/PrincessTutu''

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-->--''Anime/PrincessTutu''-->--''Anime/PrincessTutu''

->'''Smith:''' You must be able to see it, Mister Anderson, you must know it by now! You can't win, it's pointless to keep fighting! Why, Mister Anderson, why, ''why do you PERSIST?!''\\
'''Neo:''' Because I choose to.
-->--''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''
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-->--''Series/{{Futurama}}, "Godfellas"''

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-->--''Series/{{Futurama}}, -->--''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, "Godfellas"''
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->'''Bender''': So do you know I'm going to do something before I do it?
->'''[[DeusEstMachina God Probe]]''': Yes.
->'''Bender''': What if I do something else?
->'''God Probe''': Then I don't know that.

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->'''Bender''': So do you know what I'm going to gonna do something before I do it?
->'''[[DeusEstMachina
it?\\
'''[[DeusEstMachina
God Probe]]''': Yes.
->'''Bender''':
Yes.\\
'''Bender''':
What if I do something else?
->'''God
different?\\
'''God
Probe''': Then I don't know that.
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->'''Dinobot''': The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed, and my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... for I now find that I have no choice at all! [[HeroicSacrifice I am a warrior...]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome let the battle be joined!]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', "Code of Hero"

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->'''Dinobot''': The ->''The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed, and fixed; my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... for I now find that I have no choice at all! [[HeroicSacrifice I am a warrior...]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome let the battle be joined!]]
joined!]]''
-->-- '''Dinobot''', ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', "Code of Hero"

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->Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.\\

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->Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. \\
That's when you find out who you are.\\

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->Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it
does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.\\

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->Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it
it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.\\

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->Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it
does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.\\
You'll see what I mean.
-->-'''Whistler''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Becoming"



-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Something Blue".

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-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Something Blue".
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-->-- Virgil, ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax''

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-->-- Virgil, '''Virgil''', ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax''



-->--''{{Series/Futurama}}, "Godfellas"''

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-->--''{{Series/Futurama}}, "Godfellas"''-->--''Series/{{Futurama}}, "Godfellas"''

->"[[ArcWords May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory.]]"
-->--''Anime/PrincessTutu''
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-->-[[TalesOfTheBranionRealm The Stone Prince]]

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-->-[[TalesOfTheBranionRealm -->-''[[Literature/TalesOfTheBranionRealm The Stone Prince]]
Prince]]''
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-->-- Virgil, ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax''

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-->-- Virgil, ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax''''WesternAnimation/MightyMax''

->'''Bender''': So do you know I'm going to do something before I do it?
->'''[[DeusEstMachina God Probe]]''': Yes.
->'''Bender''': What if I do something else?
->'''God Probe''': Then I don't know that.
-->--''{{Series/Futurama}}, "Godfellas"''
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', "Code of Hero"

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', "Code of Hero"Hero"

->"Destiny is equal parts chance, freewill, and necessity."
-->-- Virgil, ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax''
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'''Buffy''': But you ever notice people only say that about ''bad'' things?"

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'''Buffy''': But you ever notice people only say that about ''bad'' things?"things?
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-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Something Blue".

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-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Something Blue".Blue".

->'''Dinobot''': The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed, and my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... for I now find that I have no choice at all! [[HeroicSacrifice I am a warrior...]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome let the battle be joined!]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', "Code of Hero"

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->'''Jojo''': Is to show you a little card trick, but first! A question my friend, Do you believe in ''free will''?
->'''Parson''': Free will?
->'''Jojo''': Free will! By the Titans' toe-cheese, they told me you were sharp but i had ''no idea''. Yes, Parson Gotti, Lord of Hamsters, do you believe Fate is a mighty wind? One that propels us inexorably to our final destination? Or do you believe... that the ''individual'' can steer the ship of self, to the port of his ''choice'', however emphatically the world may try to blow him?
-->- [[ScrewDestiny Jojo]] while speaking [[{{Protagonist}} Parson]] of defying his fate, {{Erfworld}}.
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->'''Jojo''': Is to show you a little card trick, but first! A question my friend, Do you believe in ''free will''?
->'''Parson''': Free will?
->'''Jojo''': Free will! By the Titans' toe-cheese, they told me you were sharp but i had ''no idea''. Yes, Parson Gotti, Lord of Hamsters, do you believe Fate is a mighty wind? One
->'''Tara''': Willow says that propels us inexorably to our final destination? Or do things always happen for a reason.\\
'''Buffy''': But
you believe... ever notice people only say that the ''individual'' can steer the ship of self, to the port of his ''choice'', however emphatically the world may try to blow him?
-->- [[ScrewDestiny Jojo]] while speaking [[{{Protagonist}} Parson]] of defying his fate, {{Erfworld}}.
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about ''bad'' things?"
-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Something Blue".
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-->-[[TalesOfTheBranionRealm The Stone Prince]]

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-->-[[TalesOfTheBranionRealm The Stone Prince]]Prince]]

->'''Jojo''': Is to show you a little card trick, but first! A question my friend, Do you believe in ''free will''?
->'''Parson''': Free will?
->'''Jojo''': Free will! By the Titans' toe-cheese, they told me you were sharp but i had ''no idea''. Yes, Parson Gotti, Lord of Hamsters, do you believe Fate is a mighty wind? One that propels us inexorably to our final destination? Or do you believe... that the ''individual'' can steer the ship of self, to the port of his ''choice'', however emphatically the world may try to blow him?
-->- [[ScrewDestiny Jojo]] while speaking [[{{Protagonist}} Parson]] of defying his fate, {{Erfworld}}.
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-->-[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4879 Gerrard]] of the Weatherlight, MagicTheGathering

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-->-[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4879 Gerrard]] of the Weatherlight, MagicTheGatheringMagicTheGathering

->"I don't run from prophecies."
->"We're not asking you to run. We're asking you to reconsider a possibly dangerous and unnecessary course of action."
->"It's the same thing."
->"No, it's not. It's using foreknowledge to anticipate the future and then changing it."
->"And if the future cannot be changed, it's simply delaying fate. Better to meet the future face-to-face, than have it sneak up on you when you're not expecting it."
-->-[[TalesOfTheBranionRealm The Stone Prince]]

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