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title: "7 Present Doing Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Present Doing quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Present Doing sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/kim-basinger-7530_can-do_you-don-t-always-have-to-be-doing-someth_1022703.jpg"
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> [You don't always have to be doing something. The most of something that you can do sometimes is to be in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-basinger/you-don-t-always-have-to-be-doing-something-the-most-of-something/)

[Kim Basinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-basinger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/kim-basinger-7530_can-do_you-don-t-always-have-to-be-doing-someth_1022703.jpg)

> [As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-paradis/as-long-as-you-re-fully-present-in-what-you-re-doing-at-the-moment/)

[Vanessa Paradis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-paradis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/vanessa-paradis-9805_ability_as-long-as-you-re-fully-present-in-what_1086066.png)

> [The past is what the present is doing now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-williams/the-past-is-what-the-present-is-doing-now/)

[Rowan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/rowan-williams-8580_anger_the-past-is-what-the-present-is-doing-no_1234585.jpg)

> [I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-think-it-s-important-to-try-to-be-present-with-whatever-it-is-you/)

[Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/emily-giffin-938_break_i-think-it-s-important-to-try-to-be-pres_1502466.png)

> [I try to focus on the present, what I'm doing now. I feel like the best design I can have is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demi-moore/i-try-to-focus-on-the-present-what-i-m-doing-now-i-feel-like-the-best/)

[Demi Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demi-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/demi-moore-6274_awareness_i-try-to-focus-on-the-present-what-i-m-d_1502529.jpg)

> [Practice being in the present. Do what you're doing 100%.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-harv-eker/practice-being-in-the-present-do-what-you-re-doing-100/)

[T. Harv Eker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-harv-eker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/t-harv-eker-1285_anger_practice-being-in-the-present-do-what-yo_1973758.png)

> [I'm not saying it's a bad thing to do, but when you try to deal with prescient themes in the present, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-m-not-saying-it-s-a-bad-thing-to-do-but-when-you-try-to-deal-with/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/quentin-tarantino-1030_bad-thing_i-m-not-saying-it-s-a-bad-thing-to-do-bu_2105391.jpg)

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