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The people who live in the past must yield to the people who live

The people who live in the past must yield to the people who live in the future. Otherwise the world would begin to turn the other way round. – Arnold Bennett

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To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists. – Arnold Bennett

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We need a sense of the value of time — that is, of the best way to divide ones time into ones various activities. – Arnold Bennett

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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. – Arnold Bennett

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A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you dont find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. – James Barrie

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In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past – Henri Frederic Amiel

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

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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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