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Present Quotes by Milan Kundera
- The man hunched over his motorcycle can focus only on the present... he is caught in a fragment of time cut off from both the…
- We go through the present blindfolded... Only later, when the blindfold is removed and we examine the past, do we realize what we've been through…
- The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is essential in a…
- Speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man. As opposed to a motorcyclist, the runner is always present in his…
- We pass through the present with our eyes blindfolded. We are permitted merely to sense and guess at what we are actually experiencing. Only later…
- We all need someone to look at us. We can be divided into four categories according to the kind of look we wish to live…
- Man can only be certain about the present moment. But is that quite true either? Can he really know the present? Is he in a…
- Now time has a very different look; it is no longer the conquering present capturing the future; it is the present conquered and captured and…
- There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely. All the sadness…
- How could she feel nostalgia when he was right in front of her? How can you suffer from the absence of a person who is…
More Present Quotes
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida
- Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of… — Dalai Lama
- Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present… — Samuel Johnson
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want… — Michelle Bachelet