- Mistakes
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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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- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Twenty is a tough age because it slips past in the middle of so much else - university, gap year, leaving home, getting jobs.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's proud of where she's from, and her history, and her past, and same with my dad. I have roots in Africa. Like, I am from Africa as well as from Germany, and I am very proud of that.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a massive fan of Drake, and we walked right past him. He's too cool to be clapping One Direction though.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.
- Gamer
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- Nov 07, 2020
There has been a kind of stereotypical 'gamer dude' that has been representative for the gamer community in the years past. But I want to spearhead or be a part of changing that.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that's true of all of the characters I've played, certainly in the past few years.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you play a character, there are choices you have to make about the past, the present, the future, etc. You have to make those choices on your own a lot.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020