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You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to inst

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. – Leopold Von Ranke

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When I look into the future, its so bright it burns my eyes. – Oprah Winfrey

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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, dont teach him to subtract teach him to deduct. – Fran Lebowitz

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The future is always beginning now. – Mark Strand, Reasons for Moving

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We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earths creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. – Lewis Thomas

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