- 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
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
In football, I have learned to forget the past, think about the present, and the future will come as it may - thinking about it would be a mistake.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't stand comparisons to the past. It doesn't matter what we did in previous seasons.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's so difficult to write in motion and get rid of the past tense, and also to create a sense of impermanence.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but of what men believe happened.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service.
- Fare
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75 per round-trip ticket. During this time period, our average fare increased by only $15.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes an extraordinary toll on me to re-live my experiences, the horrors of my past and the pain I had to endure. And yet, I believe remembering is the only way to promote healing, to promote awareness and accountability.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
There cannot be any better cross-section of America and I think the soldiers represent the best we have. Today's soldiers are brighter and smarter, perhaps in a different way, than past generations because they've been brought up in the computer and information age.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have used dating apps a couple of times in the past and met people, but it is a difficult thing because you're meeting someone who you really don't know and you have no link to. I have friends who have had great relationships after meeting on Tinder or Bumble, so I'd never say never, but it hasn't worked for me.
- Derive
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service, our satellite and other technical collection, our analytical depth and expertise.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020