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> [“Destiny is a funny thing. Once I thought I was destined to become Emperor of Greenland, sole monarch over its 52,000 inhabitants. Then I thought I was destined to build a Polynesian longship in my garage. I was wrong then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-edlund/destiny-is-a-funny-thing-once-i-thought-i-was-destined-to-become/)

[Ben Edlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-edlund/)

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> [For the first time in my life, in my mid-20s, I started to question things. Had I been deceived? I thought I had been destined for something great - to be Whitney Houston or Jennifer Holliday or Phylicia Rashad. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renee-elise-goldsberry/for-the-first-time-in-my-life-in-my-mid-20s-i-started-to-question/)

[Renee Elise Goldsberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renee-elise-goldsberry/)

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