Present Quotes
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Salem houses present to you a serene and dignified front, gracious yet reserved, not thrusting forward their choicest treasures to the eyes of passing strangers; but behind the walls of the houses, enclosed from public view, lie cherished gardens, full of the beauty of life.
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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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Eventually, the state's funding covered only the stages leading to presenting a film project to potential funding bodies. It was enough to produce a script, indicate casting and put together a budget to present it all, but nothing beyond that.
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Love affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I wish to be the hero, with no audience present.
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I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.
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I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality.
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The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child.
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Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present.
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Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.
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Science, knowledge of the things that are possible present and past; prescience, knowledge of the things which may come to pass.
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Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.
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If I know my own heart, I do now feel the necessity of resigning myself into the hands of my God, to mould and guide me at His will; tho I dare not say that I am, at present, willing to do it.
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It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporeal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or are present to witness it.
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You have been called to be who you are - the whole luminous light. No one can dim your light when you are fully present to the depth and breadth of it.
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You have to learn certain skills to present magic.
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To me there is no past or future in my art. If a work of art cannot live always in the present it must not be considered at all. The art of the Greeks, of the Egyptians, of the great painters who lived in other times, is not an art of the past; perhaps it is more alive today than it ever was.
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For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
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It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present.
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We need a leader able to project his or her personality and present our policies in today's media environment. All this is true - but we also need a leader capable of building a team, inspiring loyalty from colleagues, and one genuinely open to ideas.
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If you are hired to shake up the system, do it. No one will believe you're the boss until you do one or more of the following: 1. Add a new division; 2. Lop off a present department; 3. Add new people or reassign and reward present employees; 4. Get rid of deadwood; 5. Change the method of accounting; 6. Change lawyers, accountants, or other outside services; 7. Ask a lot of questions, and demand answers by a certain date; 8. Get in touch with key people in your industry or city and arrange personal meetings; 9. Improve working conditions; 10. Update present benefit plans.
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Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
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We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my aunt and my uncle. I have grown up with family writing competitions, and I can't remember a birthday or Christmas present that didn't include books.
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The Gospel offers forgiveness for the past, new life for the present, and hope for the future.
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Each wave of sightings adds to the accumulation of reports which defy analysis by present methods... An investigative process in depth is necessary here if, after twenty years of confusion, we want some answers.
