- History
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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.
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we practice cleaning our slate and interacting without motive, what we actually 'get' in return is greater than what we might have expected. Life can open up and be full of surprises that blow past our narrow expectations.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the fact I've got a past to learn from, but I don't want to wish my life away, either.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to say that despite being born in a Congress family and being the daughter of a respected Congress leader, I joined the BJP and served the party, forgetting my past, and without making any compromise.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe accurately remembering - and honoring - our whole past is the first step in governing in a way that effectively represents the whole America.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has a past, and the downside to my life is that the past gets dragged up.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our past is who we are, and death is one of our experiences. I lost my husband a long time ago, but it's always yesterday.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.
- Clinging
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
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