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In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays. — Diablo Cody
For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game. — Eric Alterman
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future. — Stephen Ambrose
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. — Henri Frederic Amiel
I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I… — A. R. Ammons
People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not… — Sparky Anderson
I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of… — Tadao Ando
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it. — Julie Andrews
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. — Maya Angelou
We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present. — Marina Abramovic
It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light… — Maya Angelou
Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance,… — W.C. Fields
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific,… — George H. W. Bush
Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. — Taylor Caldwell
I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed. — Marina Abramovic
When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you. — Jean Anouilh
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations,… — Corazon Aquino
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw… — Hank Aaron
The future will soon be a thing of the past. — George Carlin
The past is not what it was. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in offering to fight one's grandmother. The really… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what our attitude towards His will… — Watchman Nee
We have to go for what we think we're fully capable of, not limit ourselves by what we've been in the past — Unknown Author
The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more… — Charles R. Swindoll
No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future. — Nelson Mandela

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