Present Quotes
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Though we cannot experience our life as an endless present, we are eternal in God's eyes; that is, in our deepest reality.
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I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the Budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible: I cannot play Sister Bountiful to the Community while my own electorate are being asked to forego improvements in the fields of health, education, welfare and the rest.
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I never think about gifts. It's enough to have my family present.
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We need to take nostalgia seriously as an energizing impulse, maybe even a form of knowledge. The effort to revalue what has been lost can motivate serious historical inquiry; it can also cast a powerful light on the present.
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The past is history. The future is a mystery. The present is a gift.
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I don't feel I'm very present in each moment. I feel like every moment I'm either thinking about something that's coming down the road or something that's been in the past.
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Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature.
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We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.
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I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. It will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America.
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Balance lives in the present. The surest way to lose your footing is to focus on what dreadful things might happen.
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The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard.
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I think age is neither an asset nor challenge; it all depends on how you present yourself. Age is sort of irrelevant.
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If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.
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Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring.
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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It was impossible to determine what he was saying, but I imagined he was telling all those present that they were nongs and maggots. I decided I quite liked watching the news with the sound off.
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It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence of the cognac, or any other reason
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When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made.... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness.
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To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.
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The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.
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Much pruning had taken place in recent weeks. I am now absent in many versions of the cosmos where you are present.
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Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment 'as to the Lord.' It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.
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Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.
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We are deceiving ourselves if we believe that a literary work written and published in a country where 70 per cent of the population is illiterate, can change the political and social life of the country..it is up to political organization..and not to romantic literature.. to change the present situation.
