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As soon as I was tall enough, my dad used to let me drive him 60 miles or 70 miles to work. That was pretty fun. My dad was really old. At the time, he was 82 years old. He said, 'Can you drive?' and I said 'Yes.' I guess I didn't find it to be that crazy. | Theo Von | Work, Time, Fun |
You see people you identify with, and you take pieces of people you like and shape who you are. Like, I sound just like my dad. But that's literally my vocal chords. I can't sound like anything else... I sound like him, but I act like myself. | Damon Wayans, Jr. | Myself, People, You |
I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good. | Mark Viduka | Good, Humble, Me |
I actually wanted to be a police officer like my dad for the longest time, up until my sophomore year in high school when I started doing plays. I did plays when I was little, but in high school, I started getting into acting. | Chad Lindberg | Time, School, Police |
Whenever we went on a trip, picnic, or business trip, I was always with my dad, and I would just always be in contact with cosmonauts, and I thought it would be always normal to be with them. | Roman Romanenko | Business, Thought, Always |
I knew Sinatra for 38 years. He was like my father. Frank Sinatra was my 'dad.' He treated me like his son. He gave me the best advice about singing, about this and that... He was a very sensitive man, very astute, one of the sharpest men that I ever met in my life. | Trini Lopez | Life, Best, Father |
My father was never anti-anything in our house. | Errol Flynn | Father, House, Never |
It is much easier to become a father than to be one. | Kent Nerburn | Father, Become, Easier |
My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as. | Patrick Murphy | Vote, Republican, Mentor |
My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer. | Anna Lee | Father, Power, Prayer |
My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery. | Miranda Leek | Me, Trying, Teach |
Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers. | Herbert Kaufman | Men, Rich, Sons |
My dad actually taught me how to do the catwalk because he used to do modeling. He taught me how to do that little swivel at the end. | Sophie Lowe | End, Me, Modeling |
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. | Robert Bly | Children, Home, Father |
As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers. | Phil Crane | Life, World, Better |
No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair. | Margaret Turnbull | Father, Mother, Man |
It is not weird for a dad to be doing the dishes, the laundry, and taking the kids to school, and read them stories for bed. | Zach Cregger | School, Weird, Doing |
I always thought that family was the most important thing in life, and no matter what I do, whether being a chef or an actor or a dancer, being a dad is what I do best. | David Burtka | Life, Family, Best |
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. | Abraham Lincoln | Today, Responsibility |
Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There's nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day. | Rachel Boston | Day, Beautiful, Sunset |
I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past. | Mike Rowe | Grateful, Past |
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. | Mike Murdock | Daily, Routine, Secret |
Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. | Corrie Ten Boom | Memories, Past, Key |
Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. | Alan Lakein | Planning, Present, You |
You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side. | Olivia Newton-John | Happy, I Am, Being Happy |
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. | Winston Churchill | Past, Lost, Present |
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. | Malcolm X | Today, Prepare, Belongs |
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. | Confucius | Trees, People, Plant |
The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy. | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Green, Sustainability |
In this bright future you can't forget your past. | Bob Marley | Past, Forget, You |
What we need to do is always lean into the future when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy. | Jeff Bezos | Wind, Changes, World |
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. | Jean de La Fontaine | Road, Destiny, Person |
People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now. | Thich Nhat Hanh | Life, Sacrifice, Walk |
We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations. | Loretta Lynch | Responsibility, Protect |
It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations. | Christine Gregoire | Children, Legacy, Live |
When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes. | Oprah Winfrey | Eyes, Look, Bright |
Study the past, if you would divine the future. | Confucius | Past, Study, You |
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. | Graham Greene | Childhood, Door, Moment |
If we intend to provide a better life, and a better world, for future generations, we can't ignore the quality of the environment we leave them. | John Kasich | Life, Quality, World |
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. | Maya Angelou | Past, Prejudice, Present |
The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage - curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called 'the future.' | David Suzuki | Creativity, Memory |
If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment. | Tony Cardenas | Community, Focus, Negative |
The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past. | Simon Sinek | Challenge, Past, Unknown |
If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that. | Michelle Obama | Performance, You, Test |
Innovation is the calling card of the future. | Anna Eshoo | Innovation, Calling, Card |
My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be. | Susana Martinez | Never Give Up, Parents |
The future of advertising is the Internet. | Bill Gates | Advertising, Internet |
Control your own destiny or someone else will. | Jack Welch | Destiny, Control, Will |
No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. | Alan Watts | Living, Plans, Now |
Only you can control your future. | Dr. Seuss | Control, You, Only |
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. | Albert Camus | Giving, Generosity, Present |
Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. | Coco Chanel | Elegance, Adolescence, Just |
Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all. | Paul Hawken | Life, Game, Generosity |
Without ethics, man has no future. This is to say, mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities. | John Berger | Man, Ethics, Choices |
The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities. | Stephen Hawking | Past, Spectrum |
I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future. | Gianni Versace | Road, I Am, Past |
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. | Bob Marley | Man, Destiny, Right |
It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election and ensure that as far as we can what we do today will make Australia a better place, a safer place, for future generations to live in. | Malcolm Turnbull | Today, Job, Eye |
Social media... it's the future for the new generation. | Cameron Dallas | Social Media, Media |
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. | Marcus Aurelius | Rose, Past, You |
Time passed solely in the pursuit of pleasure leaves no solid enjoyment for the future; but from the hours you spend in reading and studying useful books, you will gather a golden harvest in future years. | Dorothea Dix | Time, Reading, Harvest |
Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future. | Dalai Lama | Life, Moral, Human |
I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day. | James Joyce | Day, Today, I Am |
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make. | Eckhart Tolle | Good, Effort, Foundation |
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. | Andrew Carnegie | Care, Take Care, Little |
We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror. | Marshall McLuhan | Mirror, Drive, Rearview |
Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers. | Roh Moo-hyun | Today, Proud, Remember |
School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect, so why practice? | Billie Joe Armstrong | School, Practice, Perfect |
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future. | Niels Bohr | Difficult, Prediction, Very |
Diversification and globalization are the keys to the future. | Fujio Mitarai | Globalization, Keys |
My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy. | Juliette Gordon Low | Happy, Heart, Soul |
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there. | John P. Kotter | Vision, Strategy, Leaders |
Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting. | Martin Sheen | Political, Party, You |
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. | Alexis de Tocqueville | Past, Darkness, Spirit |
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. | Oscar Wilde | Past, Difference, Sinner |
I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. | Ray Bradbury | Try, Describe, Prevent |
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. | Winston Churchill | Wise, You, See |
The future influences the present just as much as the past. | Friedrich Nietzsche | Past, Present, Just |
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. | Henri Frederic Amiel | Destiny, Wishes, Two |
The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future. | F. Sionil Jose | Influence, Young, Nation |
Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go. | Fred Rogers | Parents, Past, Bright |
If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future. | Danielle Steel | Magic, You, See |
I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future. | Heath Ledger | Day, Good, Past |
The future is no more uncertain than the present. | Walt Whitman | Present, Uncertain, Than |
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now. | Bill Cosby | Past, Dream, Ghost |
The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions. | Erwin Rommel | Battle, Compromise |
For every minute, the future is becoming the past. | Thor Heyerdahl | Past, Minute, Every |
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. | Peter Drucker | Road, Night, Window |
The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different. | Peter Drucker | Be Different, Know |
The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. | Zora Neale Hurston | Past, Present, Egg |
America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. | Frederick Douglass | America, Past, Present |
You have to focus on the future and know that you can succeed in life, and you have to keep working hard. | Dele Alli | Life, Focus, Working Hard |
They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers. | Samuel de Champlain | Hunting, Engage, Than |
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 | Good, Justice, Talents |
Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip. | Jon Bon Jovi | Road, Long, You |
If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed. | Elon Musk | Humanity, Mars, Disappointed |
The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools. | Anna Quindlen | Culture, School, Listening |
I got a bright future ahead of me. | Justin Bieber | Me, Ahead, Bright |
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. | Jean de la Bruyere | Children, Past, Enjoy |
Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future. | Louise J. Kaplan | Struggle, Powerful, Past |