Present Quotes

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All transformation begins with an intense, burning desire to be transformed. The first step in the 'renewing of the mind' is desire. You must want… — Neville Goddard
Photography is about being exquisitely present. — Joel Meyerowitz
A historical perspective can also help free us from the ever-present danger -- especially at danger in the social sciences -- of absolutizing a theory… — Rollo May
A child is a person in whom all possibilities are present - present now at this very moment - not to be educed after many… — Charlotte Mason
At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang… — Rudy Rucker
Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment,Â in the clarity of pure awakened mind. — Matthieu Ricard
In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, andâ€”if one remains in pure mindfulness and freedomâ€”disturbing thoughts arise… — Matthieu Ricard
People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press -… — Michael Lewis
And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern empire that has grown up on the ruins of… — Voltairine de Cleyre
I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter… — Maya Lin
At a period when Literature was wont to attribute the grief of living exclusively to the mischances of disappointed love or the jealousy of adulterous… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to… — Ronald Fisher
In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century will… — Charles Holland Duell
The past will find a way to squeeze into the presentâ€“if you let it. — Laura Miller
I could not fight the Nazis in the present, as they had the power to still my voice, so I decided to fight them in… — Friedrich Kellner
It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware… — James Payn
My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is,… — Joey Skaggs
Opportunities Don't Come Knocking On The Door. They Present Themselves When You Knock The Door Down! — Greg Plitt
No doubt, the poetry, overjoyed by swallowing the beverage of passionate thoughts, delights the mind. But she does not realize the sorrows and troubles of… — Manmohan Acharya
Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when… — Joan Blades

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