To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future. - Daisaku Ikeda

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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. - Montesquieu

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Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future. - Siri Hustvedt

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Happiness is in your ability to love others.

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At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel. ― Benjamin J. Carey

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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

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If the future, as imagined in literature, is really the present taken to extremes, then the past is also the present, but boiled down. - Walter Kirn

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I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. - Tadao Ando

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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.

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I believe that as a nation we must have a bipartisan discussion about how to best preserve and protect Social Security for our seniors and for future generations of Americans. - Steve Israel

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