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Past And Present Quotes

Everything could undergo conversion except the artists. How can you convert disorganizers of past and present order, the chronic dissenters, those dispossessed of the present anyway, the atom bomb throwers of the mind, of the emotions, seeking to generate new forces and a new order of mind out of continuous upheavals? Anais Nin
If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of comfort. No such prospect exists: no scientific analysis can even remotely answer or account for past and present horrors of human behaviour. Simon Conway Morris
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "I saw and heard, and knew at lastThe How and Why of all..."
I saw and heard, and knew at lastThe How and Why of all things, past,and present, and forevermore. Edna St. Vincent Millay
History is but the record of the public and official acts of human beings. It is our object, therefore, to humanize our history and deal with people past and present; people who ate and possibly drank; people who were born, flourished and died; not grave tragedians, posing perpetually for their photographs. Bill Nye
It is the individual only who is timeless. Societies, cultures, and civilizations -- past and present -- are often incomprehensible to outsiders, but the individual's hungers, anxieties, dreams, and preoccupations have remained unchanged through the millenia. Eric Hoffer
Graham Nash quote: "We are excited about the music, past and present and future,..."
We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing. Graham Nash
If I dreamt this, while walking, walking in the London streets, the subconscious of each and every other life, past and present, brushing me in passing, what makes it real? Writing it down. Nadine Gordimer
Religion was the glue of Pakistan, holding the halves together; just as consciousness, the awareness of oneself as a homogenous entity in time, a blend of past and present, is the glue of personality, holding together our then and our now. Salman Rushdie
I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth’s inhabitants, none of us will survive—nor will we deserve to. Leonard Peltier
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines..."
Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present. Kurt Vonnegut
Sidney Hook quote: "Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and..."
Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present. Sidney Hook
Barbara Hepworth quote: "My works are an imitation of my own past and present."
My works are an imitation of my own past and present. Barbara Hepworth
Bill Condon quote: "I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present."
I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present. Bill Condon
Winston Churchill quote: "If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find..."
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. Winston Churchill
In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent in covert media operations, for manipulating or incidentally misleading the American public. Frank Church

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