"The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is open.“

-Terry Eagleton

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"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

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"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."

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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

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"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream."

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"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."

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"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

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