J. Arthur Thomson Quotes
The Doctrine of Evolution states the fact that the present is the child of the past and the parent of the future.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.
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To write our constitution is for the past, the present, and the future to come together all at once in one single motion, in one single heave, one single cry. For we correct the errors of the past and chart a new course for the future, based on the experience of the present.
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This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels.
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The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves.
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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
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The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside.
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I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
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Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.
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The sense of one's past is so strong and forms our sense of self so strongly, it will always fascinate, elude and confuse me.
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What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by doing so, introduce into our defense vulnerabilities based on self-delusion.
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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
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Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
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Big will always be a part of my life. But I'm still on this Earth, so I have to live my life for now and the future.
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Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
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Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true!
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There's not a Sunday that goes past that I'm not excited to play this game. I feel as if I'm a lucky individual to have the opportunity to play this game, and when I do have the opportunity to finally play, you can bet your last dollar I will be excited to play.
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The moment of the print button for biology is nearing. Effectively, this could also mean that in a not-too-distant future, smart pharmacology will permit us to receive a continuous supply of antidepressants or neuroenhancers every time our dopamine level drops.
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No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners. We are not to blame for the actions of our ancestors. We can only try to be the best we can, no matter what our heritage, to strive for a better future for all.
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Even silence becomes whether we want it or not a statement that is in fact astoundingly presumptuous
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Work is really wrapped up with identity. Work is not just money for most people.
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If you have the skill, then you can move as you age.
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The Doctrine of Evolution states the fact that the present is the child of the past and the parent of the future.
