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title: "4 Influences Present Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“We may not have the power to change the past, but we can change how the past influences our present state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-hadeed/we-may-not-have-the-power-to-change-the-past-but-we-can-change-how/)

[Troy Hadeed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-hadeed/)

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> [Under all of the factors that make up the art world, it's up to the individual artist to discern which of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-caponigro/under-all-of-the-factors-that-make-up-the-art-world-it-s-up-to-the/)

[Paul Caponigro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-caponigro/)

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> [When I became older and started to become more in tune with my political leanings, there was a disconnect between the feminist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-buckman/when-i-became-older-and-started-to-become-more-in-tune-with-my/)

[Zoe Buckman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-buckman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/zoe-buckman-16440_feminist_when-i-became-older-and-started-to-becom_1820125.jpg)

> [The future influences the present just as much as the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-future-influences-the-present-just-as-much-as-the-past/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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