"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream."
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"I find my past in my present, and from these forecast my future."
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"The past does not equal the future."
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"If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already."
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"Biology has at least 50 more interesting years."
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"The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men."
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"The next thing to be said about what long-range planning is not, is that it does not deal with future decisions. It deals with the futurity of present decisions. Decisions exist only in the present. The question that faces the long-range planner is not what we should do tomorrow."
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"Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be."
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"Warlords of sorrow and queens of tomorrow will offer their heads for a prayer. You can't find no salvation, you have no expectations anytime, anyplace, anywhere."
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"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future."
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"Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today."
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"If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me."
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"A friend is Janus-faced: he looks to the past and the future. He is the child of all my foregoing hours, the prophet of those to come, and the harbinger of a greater friend."
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"While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future."
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"The future is like heaven-everyone exalts it but no one wants to go there now."
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"The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas. We possess only this moment in which to dedicate ourselves continuously to the sacred presence which we share and create."
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"The future interests me - I'm going to spend the rest of my life there."
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"The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science."
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"We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast"
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"A great deal of what people say, think, or do is actually motivate by fear, which of course is always linked with having your focus on the future and being out of touch with the Now. As there are no problems in the Now, there is no fear either."
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