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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love food. I'm a huge food addict. I think in my past life I was a pig or something like that, but I love eating; I never stop eating.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The future of ballet is really in the hands of the creators, so if it's something that interests them to push the envelope with gender roles, then I think it will change. But if that's not of interest to a dance-maker, if their interest is to sort of preserve the way things have been done for the past 200 years, then nothing is going to change.
- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has a past, but I try not to let that affect the way I see them; I want to get to know who they are today.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Did you know that the word 'tsunami,' which is now being used worldwide, is a Japanese word? This is indicative of the extent to which Japan has been subject to frequent tsunami disasters in the past.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, Japan through its colonial rule and aggression caused tremendous damage and suffering for the people of many countries, particularly those of Asian nations.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I never wanted to become an archaeologist. But at school I became intrigued by what people were doing on an everyday basis in the past.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmother, when she was young, would've walked past shops where some folks had out a sign that said, 'No Mexicans or dogs allowed.'
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.
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- Nov 07, 2020