Quotes with present-day

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  • Joan Rivers I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
    Joan Rivers
    American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer (1933 - 2014)
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  • Charles Dickens I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • John Irving I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.
    A prayer for Owen Meany (1989)
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Eldridge Cleaver I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the day I die.
    Eldridge Cleaver
    American afro-amerikan leader, writer (1935 - 1998)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Paul Tillich I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.
    Paul Tillich
    German-American theologian and philosopher (1886 - 1965)
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  • Barack Obama I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.
    President Obama Misses Anonymity, People-Watching - ABC News website, 11 April 2011
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Steven Wright I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I'm an idiot.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in goal is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • John D. Rockefeller I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.
    John D. Rockefeller
    American industrialist: founder Exxon (1839 - 1937)
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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour; for a day, for a month, but I can give and I'm very happy to do that and I want to do that.
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  • Bryan Adams I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • Arthur Godfrey I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Martin Luther King I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Samuel Johnson I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • George Washington Carver I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour and every moment of our lives, if we will only tune in and remain so.
    letter to Hubert W. Pelt (24-02-1930)
    George Washington Carver
    American botanist and inventor (1864 - 1943)
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  • Bryan Ferry I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.
    Bryan Ferry
    English singer and songwriter (1945 - )
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  • Alan Dundes I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future.
    Alan Dundes
    American folklorist
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  • Christina Rossetti I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, ''Where? What?'' and turn away.
    Christina Rossetti
    British poet (1830 - 1894)
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