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"The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it."

"The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it."

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

Future, Now, Public, Years

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"The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it."

"The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

Future, Struggle

5

"I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like."

"I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

5

"I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here."

"I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here."

Rio Ferdinand, English Athlete

Future, United, Want

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"If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future."

"If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future."

Alexis Herman, American Public Servant

Future, Labor, March

5

"You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen."

"You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen."

Jerry Pournelle, American Journalist

5

"There's been a big void out there, in terms of where I've been and what I am currently working on, I'd like to fill that void now and share my exciting plans for the future."

"There's been a big void out there, in terms of where I've been and what I am currently working on, I'd like to fill that void now and share my exciting plans for the future."

Priscilla Presley, American Actress

5

"The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we're ready for it."

"The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we're ready for it."

Arnold H. Glasow, American Humorist

Future, Trouble, Arnold H. Glasgow

5

"Your future is dependent on your thought today, therefore think good and lovely thoughts now!"

"Your future is dependent on your thought today, therefore think good and lovely thoughts now!"

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Future, Thought, Positive, Belief

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"You have to be professional and think about the future."

"You have to be professional and think about the future."

Jamie Redknapp, English Athlete

5

"We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there."

"We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there."

Charles Kettering, American Inventor

Future, Rest, Will

5

"In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are numerous other singers I look forward to recording with in the near future."

"In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are numerous other singers I look forward to recording with in the near future."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

5

"That got me to L.A. and reintroduced me to my future husband."

"That got me to L.A. and reintroduced me to my future husband."

Marg Helgenberger, American Actress

Future, HusbFuture

5

"You go out there and ask them what their future is today. If we don't build that today, there's nothing."

"You go out there and ask them what their future is today. If we don't build that today, there's nothing."

Richard M. Daley, American Politician

Future, Nothing, Today

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"The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and no, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in."

"The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and no, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Future, Moments, Past, Right

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"You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living."

"You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living."

Fernando Flores, Chilean Politician

Future, Identity, Living, Present

5

"I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future."

"I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Future, Order, Past, Present

4

"One of the deepest functions of a living organisms is to look ahead... to produce future."

"One of the deepest functions of a living organisms is to look ahead... to produce future."

Francois Jacob, French Scientist

4

"There's certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. That means there's also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field."

"There's certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. That means there's also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field."

Alan Dean Foster, American Author

Future, Historians, Writing

4

"It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds."

"It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds."

Charisma Carpenter, American Actress

Future, Gambling, Will

4

"In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past."

"In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past."

Brad Henry, American Politician

4

"I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out."

"I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

4

"Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future."

"Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future."

Jurgen Habermas, German Philosopher

Future, Now, Will

4

"Their future is ahead of them."

"Their future is ahead of them."

Curt Gowdy, American Celebrity

4

"I could see us doing solo material in the future."

"I could see us doing solo material in the future."

Nicole Appleton, Canadian Musician

4

"ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders."

"ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders."

Don Nickles, American Politician

Future, Leaders, Politicalleaders

4

"If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one."

"If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one."

John Galsworthy, English Author

4

"My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands."

"My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands."

Robin Hayes, American Politician

Future, Meeting

4

"You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this!"

"You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this!"

Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity

Future, Will, World

4

"To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted."

"To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted."

George Ripley, American Activist

Future, Justice, Religious, Sense

4

"That's where the future lies, in the youth of today."

"That's where the future lies, in the youth of today."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

Future, Lies, Today, Youth

4

"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?"

"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Future, Day, Years

4

"The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make."

"The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make."

William Morris, English Designer

Future, Living, Now, Past

4

"I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January."

"I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Future, End, Summer, Will, Writing

4

"The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?"

"The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?"

David Attenborough, British Journalist

Future, May, Question

4

"The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you."

"The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

4

"We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims."

"We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

Future, Victims

4

"For one thing, one of the wonderful things that we now have is instead of the huge budget surpluses that President Clinton left us with, we now have these huge deficits that we're going to be facing into the future."

"For one thing, one of the wonderful things that we now have is instead of the huge budget surpluses that President Clinton left us with, we now have these huge deficits that we're going to be facing into the future."

Geraldine Ferraro, American Politician

Future, Now, President

4

"I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer."

"I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

4

"A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense ahistorical."

"A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense ahistorical."

Juliet Mitchell, British Psychoanalyst

4

"I'm about to sing the song for the future."

"I'm about to sing the song for the future."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

4

"And in the future, you know, maybe there's kids in the future for me, I don't really know. The interesting thing with me is that there has never been a woman doing what I'm doing at this level for this long. So, it's like, would Vince give me maternity leave?"

"And in the future, you know, maybe there's kids in the future for me, I don't really know. The interesting thing with me is that there has never been a woman doing what I'm doing at this level for this long. So, it's like, would Vince give me maternity leave?"

Trish Stratus, American Entertainer

Future, Kids, Woman

4

"But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations."

"But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations."

Sue Kelly, American Politician

Future, Generations, Promise, Security

4

"Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s."

"Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Future, Past, President, Talk

4

"Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down."

"Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down."

Anthony J. D'Angelo, American Author

4

"That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you."

"That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

4

"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."

"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."

Mike Murdock, American Clergyman

Future, Routine

4

"I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!"

"I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!"

Zac Efron, American Actor

Future, Theater, Want

4

"If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our future's ahead and not behind."

"If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our future's ahead and not behind."

Jerry Only, American Musician

4

"But I'm not imaginative. I couldn't look into the future, like Star Wars or Robots or anything like that."

"But I'm not imaginative. I couldn't look into the future, like Star Wars or Robots or anything like that."

Harry Dean Stanton, American Actor

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