For the Arab, the past does not merely live. The past defines the present.
– Davis Bunn
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- God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers. – Davis Bunn
- Our task is to carry the Lord’s peace into every situation, into every duty. – Davis Bunn
- He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman’s manner of speaking, direct and unadorned. – Davis Bunn
- It was typical of the American to identify the one unfinished strand. – Davis Bunn
- Mark felt eyes on him as tight as a sniper’s aim. – Davis Bunn
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- The gentleman does not promote people merely on the basis of their words, nor does he reject words merely because of the person who uttered them. – Confucius
- One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. – Golda Meir
- The way you eat defines how you look to yourself, but the way you speak defines how you look to others. – Ankit Goel
- The easiest way to leave the past behind is to remember that love does not live in the past, only memories -” love lives in the present. – Bryant McGill
- Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present. – Stephen King
- Arab’ is the new four-letter word, didn’t you know? – Anissa Rafeh
- Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time. – Arab proverb
- Life is made of the past, present and the future. We’re shaped by our past, and we’re shaping our future with our present. – Ibrahim Emile
- To use the past to justify the present is bad enough-”but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past. – Amitav Ghosh
- Hope is Future and Future is present ,Present is past and Past is Mystery – Hamza Khan Takkar
- The bad news is, our past defines us. However, the good news is, our future will someday be a part of that past. – Palle Oswald
- It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. – Frank Herbert
- The present is precious gift.The past cannot be replayed.The future is no guarantee.Live in the present. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- We go to the past to lay the blame – since the past can’t argue. We go to our past selves to account for our present miseries. – Glen Duncan
- We go to the past to lay the blame – since the past can’t argue. We go to our past selves to account for our present miseries. – Glen Duncan
- He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future, for it is from the past that we learn. – Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan
- You must be present in the present to make it a present. – RVM
- You must be present in the present to make it a present. -RVM – RVM
- Grow past your past and march past the flag of the past! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- Past is past… no it’s not! People are always fond of saying that, but what’s past is never past; not entirely. – Anne Tyler
- Past is past… no it’s not! People are always fond of saying that, but what’s past is never past; not entirely. – Anne Tyler
- Every action in the present defines future possibilities. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Good memories are meant to stay in our hearts forever… -Geena L. Davis – Geena L Davis
- You can never live in the past. You always live in the tiny gap between the present and the future. – Debasish Mridha
- To live a more balanced life, glance at the past, live in the present, and focus on the future. – Todd Stocker
- Our past thinking has determined our present status, and our present thinking will determine our future status; for man is what man thinks. – WY EvansWentz
- The future can not blame the present, just as the present cannot blame the past. – Susan Cooper
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- Only the present exists. The past is gone, and the future has not yet happened. There is only ever time present. – Fennel Hudson
- For basic survival, as for evolution, we have to accept the past as the creator of the present, influence the future, and act in the present. – Daniel Egger
- Embrace your past. It’s your greatest teacher. When you learn and apply those lessons than it no longer defines your future. – Sarah Centrella
- It is our past that defines who we are and gives us the courage to progress into the future without fear – Robert LJ Borg
- Why live unless you live large? Death is a reality, always present, waiting, with that in mind, live today, it is everything you own. – Jason Goodman