- Future
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
Past is past.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life when I was that guy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't have to be brought up in a grand house to have a sense of the past, and I truly believe that there are certain people to whom or through whom the territory - the place, the past - speaks.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.
- Eternal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe necessarily the past is in the past. It's eternal, it's all around us.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 'The Plato Papers' I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in that sense, there's a definite similarity of purpose between a book set in the future and a book set in the past.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many people take New York for granted. The primary reason is that history is not taught. That's outrageous in a city where the past is still visible.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing is one of those leftovers from a more primitive past that should be finished off and killed. I don't love it anymore.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
Asking presidential candidates whether they support or would change past foreign policy decisions is the most common line of questioning among members of the media. It's also the most pointless.
- Vision
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media should probe and challenge candidates to help voters understand their views on foreign policy. Questions should include, 'What lessons have you learned from past foreign policy decisions? How will they shape your vision as commander in chief? What is America's role in the world?'
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
No president can amend the past, and the public is tired of candidates who simply point fingers instead of offering their own solutions. They want a leader who will describe the threats as they are and rally the country behind a strategy to defeat them.
- Greatness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greatness will come by looking forward - untethered from the politics of the past and anchored by our shared values - and by changing our nation's future.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020