Present Quotes

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The title of a song is like the wrapping on a present. — Billy Corgan
The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what one takes to… — Joseph Campbell
That's the funny thing about life. We're rarely aware of the bullets we dodge. The just-misses. The almost-never-happeneds. We spend so much time worrying about… — Lauren Miller
I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen… — Michelle Branch
We don't present our voices to the audience, we resonate our souls. — Thomas Hampson
The children's writer not only makes a satisfactory connection between [the writer's] present maturity and his past childhood, he also does the same for his… — Philippa Pearce
Here God is not approached as an object that we must love, but as a mystery present in the very act of love itself. — Peter Rollins
Bonhoeffer knew that twisting the Truth to sell it more effectively was inexcusable. For Bonhoeffer the challenge was to present the Truth as purely as… — Eric Metaxas
As modern-day neuroscience tells us, we are never in touch with the present, because neural information-processing itself takes time. Signals take time to travel from… — Thomas Metzinger
In 1986, Tanton published an article in which he argued: `To govern is to populate ... Will the present majority peaceably hand over its political… — John Tanton
Devotion is the essence of the path, and if we have in mind nothing but the guru and feel nothing but fervent devotion, whatever occurs… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
The woman described in Proverbs 31 is not some ideal that exists out there; she is present in each one of us when we do… — Rachel Held Evans
Each of us carries around those growing up places, the institutions, a sort of backdrop, a stage set. So often we act out the present… — Chandra Talpade Mohanty
The future will be different if we make the present different. — Peter Maurin
Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment; poetry was the antidote… — Damon Galgut
The life story of the five main characters and the secondary characters around them allows Jonathan Franzen to present the full impetus and extent of… — Unknown Author
Anyone interested in the past, present, or future of banking and financial crises should read The Bankers' New Clothes. Admati and Hellwig provide a forceful… — Unknown Author
Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time. — Mary Ruefle
Conditioned Awareness is where we live our lives in guilt over the past and anxiety over the future and never get to experience the present. — Russell Targ
Do not wait for enough time or money to accomplish what you think you have in mind. Work with what you have right now. Work… — Anne Bogart
I am not at all sure we could ever reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians' present leadership. We shall have to wait for the… — Unknown Author
Let us make sure that the worship services we plan and conduct present that Truth in all its clarity and beauty and goodness. — Marva Dawn
Even in a crowded field, it is a rare pleasure to come across a prose stylist like Kellie Wells, whose intellect and language bid one… — Jaimy Gordon
The solution of present-day problems lie in the re-establishment of a harmonious relationship between man and nature. To keep this relationship permanent we will have… — Sunderlal Bahuguna
To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart, and there to stand before the face of the Lord, ever-present, all seeing, within… — Theophan the Recluse

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