Quote by William Godwin
My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with wha

My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image. – William Godwin

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Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind. – William Godwin

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Government
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As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. – William Godwin

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Education
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country. – King Abdullah II

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The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be. – Paul Valery

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Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. Thats why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And thats why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country thats ready for a comeback. – Mitch McConnell

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We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much. – Joshua Chamberlain

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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. – W. H. Auden

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The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who youve got playing the leads. – Steven Moffat

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I believe my woman shouldnt work outside the home. – Oliver Reed

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I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasnt that way growing up. – Tony Dungy

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