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" If we are to better the future we must disturb the present. "

Catherine Booth

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" I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take. "

" It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available - more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more. "

Thich Nhat Hanh

" I got a bright future ahead of me. "

" In every conversation I've had - with housewives in Mumbai, with middle-class people, upper-class, in the slums - everyone says there is an underlying consciousness of karma. That people believe in karma - that what you're putting out is going to come back. If I do something to you, the energy of it is going to come back to me in the future. "

" The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now. "

James A. Baldwin

" People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it. "

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" The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

" I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision. "

" If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. "

" I'm most passionate about personalization. I firmly believe that personalized experiences with brands will most drive loyalty and relevance for customers in the future. "

" I've never liked the moment of seeing something beautiful - a sunset, a moose, an elephant - and then raising a camera and trying to capture it for some future moment. That's always struck me as strange. "

Joseph Monninger

" Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind. It potentialities are magnificent. "

Charles E. Wilson

" Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

" The potential for synthetic biology and biotechnology is vast; we all have an opportunity to create the future together. "

Ryan Bethencourt

" I stopped thinking about it after trying to figure out what are the lessons learned, and there are so many. After I had basically sorted that out, I figured it's time to really look at the future and not at the past. "

" So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great. "

" Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. "

" I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs! "

" In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people. "

Wilma Mankiller

" Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion. "

" While we cannot predict the future, we will most surely live it. Every action and decision we take - or don't - ripples into the future. For the first time, we have the capability, the technology, and the knowledge to direct those ripples. "

" Yeah, it's odd when you look back at your own work. Some filmmakers don't look back at their work at all. I look at my work a lot, actually. I feel like I learned something while looking at stuff I've done in terms of what I'm going to do in the future, mistakes I've made and things at work or what have you. "

Christopher Nolan

" Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce. "

" If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. "

" We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. "

Richard P. Feynman

" Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future. "

" It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies. "

William Bennett

" Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. "

" Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. "

John F. Kennedy