Quotes 401 till 420 of 557.
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The present is just an instant between past and future
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The purpose of studying history is not to deride human action, nor to weep over it or to hate it, but to understand it. And hopefully then to learn from it as we contemplate our future.
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The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it; between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past; between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists.
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The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors.
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The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.
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The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
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The source of anxiety lies in the future. If you can keep the future out of mind, you can forget your worries.
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The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.
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The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
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The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we're ready for it.
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The trouble with worrying so much about your security in the future is that you feel so insecure in the present.
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The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.
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The utility, or intrinsic value of gold as a commodity is now considerably less than in the past; its monetary status has become extraordinarily ambiguous; and sits future is highly uncertain.
Storage and Stability Part III, Ch. X, The Status of Gold and Silver, p. -
The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.
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The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.
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The whole idea is not to figure out what you should do that will matter, but to make each thing you do reflect the values you want, because we don't know what's going to matter in the future.
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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.
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The worst programs are the ones where the programmers doing the original work don't lay a solid foundation, and then they're not involved in the program in the future.
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The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.
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There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
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