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Brian Ferneyhough

"The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning."

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"The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning."

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"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

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"The wise only possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them."

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"If you don't want your past to own you, try owning your past."

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"It's kind of hard to outlive your past."

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"How do you know that past exist?"

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"I can't live off of yesterday - that's in the past."

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"Not to be born is, past all prizing, best."

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"The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past."

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"Past is aipsom if you learned from the past."

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"What was the point of spying if you couldn't keep it a secret?"

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