Quote by Ivern Ball
The past should be a springboard, not a hammock. - Ivern Ball

The past should be a springboard, not a hammock. – Ivern Ball

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One must always maintain ones connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort. – Gaston Bachelard

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The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated into a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. – Spiro T. Agnew

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Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense. – George Ade

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If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. – Les Brown

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