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George Orwell quote: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the..."
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell
H. G. Wells quote: "The past is but the past of a beginning."
The past is but the past of a beginning. H. G. Wells
Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt cannot just threaten to stiff its creditors. It must cut its spending in the future, but also take responsibility for the debt incurred in the past. Peter Welch
All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone. Richard von Weizsaecker
The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past. Mary Webb
Pursuing employment or climatic relief, we live in voluntary exile from our extended families and our longer past, but in an involuntary exile from ourselves and our own past. John Thorn
What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the past itself embodies inductive assumptions, even as a statement about the past. Robert Nozick
I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them... on face value. I think that was how we were both, the way we were. Shane Warne
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. Israel Zangwill
Murray Walker quote: "Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably..."
Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world. Murray Walker
Denis Waitley quote: "You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your..."
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes. Denis Waitley
Denis Waitley quote: "Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy..."
Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future. Denis Waitley
That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it. Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
Baruch Spinoza quote: "If you want the present to be different from the past, study..."
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past. Baruch Spinoza
John Lyly quote: "Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame."
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. John Lyly

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