- Police
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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity of same-sex relationships necessarily makes the issue seem a great deal like the civil-rights struggles of the past.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People without fathers tend to have two predominant characteristics. They tend to believe anything is possible. At the same time there's an anxiety and an unending insecurity. It's a very American thing because back in the past, we lost our fathers or father. The king.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to have something that I can challenge common-sense notions about, challenge the apparent truths, and really look past the many faces of a thing to see what's behind it.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.
- Nov 07, 2020
The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel really humbled and really grateful to have the opportunities that I've had over the past couple of years to work with some amazing people. I think, at this point, I just want to put my head down and grind and do honest work.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in school to play basketball; I wasn't trying to be a doctor. It's hard to talk about the NCAA rules and everything that happened in the past because I've just been focused on practicing and getting ready... I was trying to reach my dreams, and that's to play in the NBA.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're always trying to learn from the past to plot a course in the future that will be better. You're always trying to learn.
- Gone
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
If bankers become overly conservative in response to past lending mistakes - or if examiners force such behavior - it will hurt bankers' own long-term interests and the economy in general.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020