"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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"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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"I've had a pilot every single year that didn't sell for the past four years, that'll smack you in the back of the head. I had a really good one last year; I wouldn't have done the play in New York if I had gotten that one."

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"In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen."

Jacky Ickx, Belgian Celebrity

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"The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost."

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"I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage."

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"Your past is like a bag of bricks; set it down and walk away. Quit collecting every painful word, memory and mistake. Collect hope."

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"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

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"Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past."

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"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."

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

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"I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future."

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