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title: "4 Past Influences 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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> [Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-w-johnson/nothing-changes-more-constantly-than-the-past-for-the-past-that/)

[Gerald W. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-w-johnson/)

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> [The past influences everything and dictates nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-phillips/the-past-influences-everything-and-dictates-nothing/)

[Adam Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-phillips/)

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> [I'm all for past influences; the question is whether they are deterministic. Freud and the behaviorists argue that what we are at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-seligman/i-m-all-for-past-influences-the-question-is-whether-they-are/)

[Martin Seligman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-seligman/)

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