“Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them look also to the land of their children.”
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“Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts.”
“There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.”
“Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.”
“As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime?”
“A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.”
“I enjoy every minute, because there are going to be a lot of moments in your future that you're going to wish you held onto longer.”
“Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement.”
“The best prophet of the future is the past.”
“I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.”
“No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what we've always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities.”
“I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I can't imagine what kind of writer I'd be if I didn't have my kids.”
“By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?”
“I have long considered it one of God's greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable.”
“Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books.”
“Sometimes when I'm going to sleep, I think, 'Oh God, my future husband is out there somewhere and I might know him, or I might not, and I wonder what he's doing and I wonder if he knows me.' I just always think that's so fascinating, that even when you were two years old, your future husband was out there somewhere.”
“There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way.”
“We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.”
“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.”
“When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'”
“I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis that we are in.”
“I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.”
“The Arab World is writing a new future the pen is in our own hands.”
“Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it's why I've never re-visited that area because I feel I've done it.”