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 think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. – Henry Rollins

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Nature
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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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great
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Im 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, Id also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people – I dont want to judge it or anything – but its not for me. It would destroy my creativity. – Henry Rollins

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Age
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At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Past

A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. – André Maurois

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Past

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird. – Paul Eldridge

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Past

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

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Past

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Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief. – Franz Schubert

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Hope

Be ye therefore perfect, eve as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. – Bible

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Perfection

Id get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. Its a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it. – Sara Blakely

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Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Sharia. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue. – King Hussein I

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Religion