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“We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. They foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.”

Source: Why History Matters: Life and Thought

“Passion has determined our past. Attitude will determine our future.”

Past Passion Attitude Determine Determined Our Future Our Past

Author:Paul McGinley

“Nothing is meaningless it's how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.”

Past Determine Meaningless

Author:Bill Crawford

“Memories are not just about the past. They determine our future.”

Past Memories Determine Our Future Giver

Author:Jeff Bridges

“There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history-a debate over the causes of our current situation. The battle for the past will determine the battle for the present. So it's crucial to get the history straight.”

Moments Past Causes Behinds Situation Steps Economic Dangerous Policy Battle Tasks Crisis Threat Investing Determine Currents Credit Debate Crucial Urgent Current Situation

Author:Joseph Stiglitz

“What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future.”

Needs Done Past Next Can Do Determine

Author:Ken Robinson

“I think all in all, one thing a lot of plays seem to be saying is that we need to, as black Americans, to make a connection with our past in order to determine the kind of future we're going to have. In other words, we simply need to know who we are in relation to our historical presence in America.”

Thinking Knows Needs Kind Play Seems America Past Order Black One Thing Connections Relation Historical Determine Who We Are Our Past

Author:August Wilson