"When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life."

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Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.82, LSU Press

John Kennedy Toole

#Fortuna Quotes

“To mend our own relationship with God, regaining God's favor after having once lost it, is beyond the power of any one of us. And one must see and bow to this before one can share the biblical faith in God's grace.”
“I've always been a producer - that's how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way for me to be able to perform.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Coming from the South, I just felt you had to work just a little bit harder. It was not going to be handed to you. I'd get the letters from all the major schools but no one came out to talk to me face to face until this small, dominant black school, Mississippi State Valley University sent a coach out to me. I had a chance to talk to him and he said, 'Hey Jerry, we're going to be doing some great things at Mississippi Valley State University and we would love to have you there.'”
“There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere”
“I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.”
“Lady, running down to the riptide. Taken away to the dark side.”
“How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.”
“Think what you want, this is what we are.”

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