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		(Tatiana nervously looked down at the present.) 'Thank you'. Gifts were not something she was used to. Wrapped gifts? Unheard of, even when they came wrapped only in plain brown paper.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Paullina Simons
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		George Jones is country soul. Once this kind of music sits in you and you take it all, it reaches down into your soul. George Jones to me was one of the most soulful singers of any genre. That drew me to his music. He knew how to present a song without really thinking about it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Patty Loveless
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bill Watterson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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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.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alice Morse Earle
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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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.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alexandra Adornetto
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		You have to learn certain skills to present magic.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Copperfield
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		My website inspired me to create my book club and provides me with a creative outlet where I can write about things that interest me. It's a platform where I can present ideas or new ventures and get feedback straight from the people who mean the most to me.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lauren Conrad
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We cannot hope, then, in this generation, or for several generations, that the mass of the whites can be brought to assume that close sympathetic and self-sacrificing leadership of the blacks which their present situation so eloquently demands. Such leadership, such social teaching and example, must come from the blacks themselves.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				W. E. B. Du Bois
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Where you have been is not nearly as important as where you are and where you're going.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Marvin J. Ashton
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We live in this thought web; we identify things and put them away and distance ourselves from them. But to be completely present? That is source, that is art, that is spirituality. And meditation is a way to defy fear and experience that source.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ben Foster
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It never really worked out for me in my own country. They said, 'You're not famous enough for the lead roles, and you're too present for the supporting roles - you'd overpower the lead.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Antje Traue