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In The Past Quotes (page 43)

The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed. Charles Rosen
E. T. Bell quote: "The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in..."
The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future. E. T. Bell
Spiro T. Agnew quote: "The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a..."
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. Spiro T. Agnew
In general, one's memories of any period must necessarily weaken as one moves away from it. One is constantly learning new facts, and old ones have to drop out to make way for them. At twenty I could have written the history of my schooldays with an accuracy which would be quite impossible now. But it can also happen that one's memories grow sharper after a long lapse of time, because one is looking at the past with fresh eyes and can isolate and, as it were, notice facts which previously... George Orwell
The past is not a peaceful landscape lying there behind me, a country in which I can stroll wherever I please, and will gradually show me all its secret hills and dales. As I was moving forward, so it was crumbling. Most of the wreckage that can be seen is colourless, distorted, frozen: its meaning escapes me... all that's left is a skeleton. I shall never find my plans again, my hopes and fears - I shall not find myself. Simone de Beauvoir
In saying no to progress, it is not the future which they condemn, but themselves. They give themselves a melancholy disease; they inoculate themselves with the past. There is but one way of refusing tomorrow, that is to die. Victor Hugo
The colonel, pursued by sinister remorse for having killed a man in an affair of honor, brought everything necessary for recreating the past as far away as possible from his bad memories Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby. John Milton
In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades. Gary Miller
Maxim Gorky quote: "In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere."
In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere. Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky quote: "In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere."
In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere. Maxim Gorky
In the nineties I was doing those Blues Bureau records, but over the past two years, I have really gone back to my Christian roots and have been born again. Rick Derringer
The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society. John Paul Stevens
Mary Pickford quote: "The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. Mary Pickford
Brad Henry quote: "In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our..."
In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past. Brad Henry

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