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Jewish persecution is a historical memory of the present generation and people fear it in the present day, and that's why those references are so… — Gregg Easterbrook
When you are present, the world is truly alive. — Natalie Goldberg
The present blitz about drugs - I think it looks very much like how we treated insane people 100 years ago -- throw them in… — Gene Roddenberry
Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage in the present.… — Walter Benjamin
The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards… — Soren Kierkegaard
It is the mass dream of inverted self, populous with fears overt and secret, that forms the continuous but gossamer thread upon which are strung… — Louis Sullivan
My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a… — Johann Sebastian Bach
I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to… — Aneurin Bevan
At present, [in the desert] an exasperating clarity reigns. The sky has become less visible than water in a jar. Black peaks, spines of granite,… — Mohammed Dib
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting… — A. A. Gill
I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light. — Jen Lancaster
The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally… — Azar Nafisi
Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending… — Azar Nafisi
Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening,… — Jo Nesbo
My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two opposite… — Kenzaburo Oe
The idea that the Lord had given us a present, that the world is a gift from God... well, the amount of stuff, back then,… — David Attenborough
To present a scientific subject in an attractive and stimulating manner is an artistic task, similar to that of a novelist or even a dramatic… — Max Born
...Jabotinsky insisted that all energies be expended to force the Congress to join the boycott movement. Nothing less than a 'merciless fight' would be acceptable,… — Ze'ev Jabotinsky
On my arrival in U.S.S.R. in 1934, I remember that I was struck by the enormous proportion of Jewish functionaries everywhere. In the Press, and… — Denis Fahey
Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person. — Bai Ling
To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with. — Diane Lane
I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the… — Adam Osborne
I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor. — John Poindexter
At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered. — John Polkinghorne
Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life. — Dick Pound

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