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If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.
Present
George Ade

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Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.
Creativity
Alfonso X

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Confine yourself to the present
Present
Marcus Aurelius

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Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
Conscience
George Bancroft

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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
Alienation
Roland Barthes

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Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.
Faith
Ruth Benedict

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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.
Facts
Walter Benjamin

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All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
War
Tony Benn

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Forget the past and live the present hour.
Present
Sarah Knowles Bolton

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You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
Change
Les Brown

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It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.
Presentation
Wayne Burgraff

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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Life and Living
Albert Camus

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There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
Present
George Carlin

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The whole past is the procession of the present.
History and Historians
Thomas Carlyle

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When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.
Preparation
Edgar Cayce

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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
Fame
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
Present
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

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If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Time and Time Management
Winston Churchill

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What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?
Tragedies
E. M. Cioran

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Dreams get you into the future and add excitement to the present.
Dreams
Robert Conklin

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Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.
Idleness
Cyril Connolly

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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Adversity
Danny Devito

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The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.
History and Historians
Ernest Dimnet

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At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.
Uncategorised
Benjamin Disraeli

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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
Past
Frederick Douglass

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun