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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history… — Hannah Arendt
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the… — Karen Armstrong
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. — Brooks Atkinson
I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I will go to… — David Attenborough
As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say, 'Where did we come from,… — Margaret Atwood
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. — Marcus Aurelius
What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that… — Sai Baba
I love the smell of shampoo on a girl's hair. You can walk past someone and be like, 'Wow, you took a shower this morning,… — Jensen Ackles
Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through… — Sai Baba
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a… — Ibrahim Babangida
You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what… — Lauren Bacall
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. — Richard Bach
One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. — Gaston Bachelard
Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny. — Michelle Bachelet
The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms… — Michelle Bachelet
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. — Lord Acton
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of… — Lord Acton
I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies. — David Bailey
There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it. — Pearl Bailey
Nostalgia is a seductive liar. — George Ball

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