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There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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There is no such thing as a perfect leader either in the past or present, in China or elsewhere. If there is one, he is only pretending, like a pig inserting scallions into its nose in an effort to look like an elephant.
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There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.
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There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.
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There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.
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There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.
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There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
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Therefore, I think that in the celebration of the 50 years of the present reign, there must be research on the changes that the country has undergone, and in the future, it could be used as a lesson for our future actions.
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Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.
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This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.
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Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.
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Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.
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Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
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Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.
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Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
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Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present.
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To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.
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To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.
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To live in the present only is as unnatural as to live in solitude.
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