Quotes with past-time

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  • Benjamin Franklin If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Thomas Carlyle If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to be read at all.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Alcee Hastings If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Octavio Paz If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time.
    Octavio Paz
    Mexican Poet, Essayist (1914 - 1998)
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  • Alfred P. Sloan If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.
    Alfred P. Sloan
    American businessman (1875 - 1966)
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  • Bob Taft If we are to create tomorrow's jobs, we can't remain frozen in time in yesterday's tax system.
    Bob Taft
    American politician and attorney (1942 - )
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  • Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de  Sévigné If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.
    Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
    French letter writer and aristocrat (1626 - 1696)
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  • Blaise Pascal If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Buzz Aldrin If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia has its eye on Mars. Landing people on the moon will be terribly consuming of resources we don't have. It sounds great - 'Let's go back. This time we're going to stay.' I don't know why you would want to stay on the moon.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Burnie Burns If we got $100 million dollars to make a movie, I don't know if we should be making a $100 million dollar movie our first time out.
    Burnie Burns
    American writer, actor, producer and director (1973 - )
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  • Leon Trotsky If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
    Leon Trotsky
    Russian revolutionary and writer (1879 - 1940)
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  • Ray Bradbury If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
    Ray Bradbury
    American science-fiction writer (1920 - 2012)
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  • Oscar Wilde If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.
    An Ideal Husband (1895) Act IV.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Winston Churchill If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bodhidharma If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
    Bodhidharma
    semi-legendary Buddhist monk
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  • George H.W. Bush If we've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue.
    George H.W. Bush
    American politician and president (41st) (1924 - 2018)
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  • Les Brown If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Brad Feld If you are feeling some December blues, or even depression, don't fight it. Instead, do something for yourself. Be reflective. Let the emotions exist. And be encouraged that, like me, you can get to a better place, but it can take time.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Arlen Specter If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.
    Arlen Specter
    American lawyer, author, and politician (1930 - 2012)
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  • Barbara de Angelis If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
    Barbara de Angelis
    American relationship consultant, lecturer and author (1951 - )
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