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"Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken."
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"Whether you need to remember the past or not, It changes nothing but gives the best choice for the future that makes You always to remember your past."
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Personal Development

"Drop the past. The past is no more, and the future is not yet."
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"The past is a shadow; the present is real."
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"How do you know that past exist?"
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"It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present."
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"Your past does not define you, your present does."
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"Don't be unnecessarily burdened by the past. Go on closing chapters that you have read."
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"Past is past."
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"Maybe, it is easier to forget the past,than to overcome the pain caused by it.Maybe, it is one of some other reasons,why men forget their prehuman ancestor."
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"Sometimes the past seems too big for the present to hold."
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"Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations."
Life

"The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it."
Education

"In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future."
Cultural

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."
People

"My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses."
Identity

"Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke."
Truth

"Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents."
Cultural

"I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions."
Family

"Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life."
Life

"Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment."
Cultural
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