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Quote by Henry Rollins
Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead. – Henry Rollins

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I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that. – Henry Rollins

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Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isnt worth the time and effort. – Henry Rollins

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The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. – Ralph Blum

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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. – Lesley P. Hartley, The Go-Between, 1953

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Look not at the days gone by with a forlorn heart. They were simply the dots we can now connect with our present, to help us draw the outline of a beautiful tomorrow. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. – Golda Meir

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As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances. – Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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If I have to move up in a building, I choose the elevator over the escalator. Because one time I was riding the escalator and I tripped. I fell down the stairs for an hour and a half. – Demetri Martin

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The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be repeatedly emphasized. – Friedrich Von Bernhardi

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Im so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. Hes an amazing director and I cant wait to see the long version. – Orlando Bloom

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