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Quote by Frederick Douglass
We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the p

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

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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. – Frederick Douglass

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Learning
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Frederick Douglass
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. – Frederick Douglass

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work
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The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future. – Junior Seau

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Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we boldly seize the moment with singular unity. And may we build a Texas of unlimited possibility. – Rick Perry

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Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future. – Robert Smithson

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And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we wont accept you, because we havent a clue – you know – of the future of a so-called deaf musician. And I just couldnt quite accept that. – Evelyn Glennie

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He who avoids complaint invites happiness. – Abu Bakr

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If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. – Swami Vivekananda

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There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age — I missed it coming and going. – J.B. Priestly

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