Present Quotes
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'Independent' means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's such a pretentious term, but it's auteurist cinema. Director-driven, personal, auteurist... Whatever word you want.
Alexander Payne -
The past haunts the present in more ways than we think. It certainly scares the living daylights out of ME"~ Old Wrinkly
Cressida Cowell
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"Oh, for Thor's sake..." said Hiccup. "I thought that was just a story..." "Stories come from somewhere," said the witch. "The past haunts the present in more ways than we realise.
Cressida Cowell -
A gasline will help shape our economic future - the same way that oil has shaped our economic present.
Sarah Palin -
Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones. When I am truly present, I feel alive, and I want everyone around me to share that feeling so we can make the most of that moment together.
Alicia Keys -
I've got a wonky nose. Is it classical, is it not? That's what's hard work, getting down into the nitty-gritty of who are the human beings behind the front of what they present?
Ciaran Hinds -
I'm about the present.
Monica Seles -
I assert that, in any particular natural science, one encounters genuine scientific substance only to the extent that mathematics is present.
Immanuel Kant
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When I over-prepare, I try to let it all go and forget all about it when the camera rolls, so I can just be present with the other actors and allow what's going to happen to happen without too much preconception.
John Hawkes -
The Creation Museum uses fossils to present evidence that there was a global catastrophe, Noah's Flood, that killed and preserved the remains of creatures all over the earth.
Ken Ham -
All too often, the security of a mediocre present is more comfortable than the adventure of trying to be more in the future.
Anthony Robbins -
Nothing that happened before this moment has any power over you whatsoever, except to the extent to which you carry it into this moment. Dwell in the present with full forgiveness of yourself and others, and your life will be lifted to divine right order...perfection, prosperity and peace.
Marianne Williamson -
Our young people desperately want the chance to participate in and lead our nation's economic and cultural revival. They're up for the challenges that they're going to inherit. It only remains for us to present the path to address them.
Andrew Yan -
If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.
John Sununu
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To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past.
Amitav Ghosh -
What interests us about the past is at least partly a function of what bothers us or makes us curious in the present.
Adam Garfinkle -
I'm living in the present. I have no ambition. It's true. But I want to live.
Gerard Depardieu -
Meteorologists have the right perspective. They ground themselves in the current conditions (today’s highs/lows). They briefly acknowledge significant events of the past (record temps). And they keep an eye on the future (five-day forecast). Honor your past accomplishments, live in the present moment, and look to the future.
Clifton Anderson -
In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.
Kevin Systrom -
The past haunts the present in mores ways than we realize. It certainly scares the living daylights out of me.
Cressida Cowell
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Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worry over the future.
William DeWitt Hyde -
The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.
Marianne Williamson -
The re-establishment of a hard border on the island of Ireland would be a step backwards and present an opportunity for others, with malign agendas, to exploit for destructive purposes.
Enda Kenny -
I deal with cultural issues whether they be in the Middle East, Far East, the Orient or the West. You broach questions in the context of their culture and then present Christian answers.
Ravi Zacharias