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The whole thing goes: The future's not set. There's no fate but what we make for ourselves.
— John Connor ‧ Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The full message, the speaker says, is that the future hasn't been fixed in advance. Whatever fate arrives is whatever people build for themselves. It's an optimistic, empowering statement: nothing is preordained, and choices in the present shape what comes next.
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