- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Past Quotes
Looking back to understand what comes next.
This collection of past quotes includes a mid-20th-century physicist's assessment of the atomic-age power balance between Europe and the Anglo-Saxon powers, alongside a separate scientific note on how measurement affects what can be known about earlier moments. Both sit alongside a simpler idea: building your future apart from your past. Related themes appear in our Truth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives.
- Nov 07, 2020
For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
- Attributed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young feminists have been sold a bill of goods about American feminism. The enormous changes in women over the past 40 years are constantly and falsely attributed to the organized women's movement of the late 1960s and '70s.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Mad Men' doesn't capture one single thing about the decor, costumes, or sexual interaction. It is a total projection of contemporary snarky attitudes into the past.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been a huge fan of Adele, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran, and those amazing artists draw inspiration from their present and past experiences; they write songs from their heart.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's not a Sunday that goes past that I'm not excited to play this game. I feel as if I'm a lucky individual to have the opportunity to play this game, and when I do have the opportunity to finally play, you can bet your last dollar I will be excited to play.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into a barren landscape. By exploring and understanding Mars, we may gain key insights into the past and future of our own world.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly, I've never wanted to live on past achievements.
- Nov 07, 2020
It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020