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We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1833). “The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Collected by Thomas Moore ... A New Edition ... With a Biographical Sketch”, p.33

God isn't present in the past or future. The great 'I Am' is in the present moment. When I claim that presence, I can get through anything today.

Regina Brett (2010). “Life's Little Detours: 50 Lessons to Find and Hold onto Happiness”, p.44, Hachette UK

We have paid the police for information in the past.

"Sun editor admits paying police officers for stories" by Matt Wells, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2003.

A child's natural form of behavior is play, and in our aim to educate, play should be honored and preserved for as long past childhood as can be.

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (2014). “Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away”, p.199, Atlantic Books Ltd

For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

I have come to know well that fates are fickle in the business of English football. And I feel that I have pushed mine well past the limit.

"Paul Lambert to have crisis talks with Aston Villa owner, Randy Lerner" by Stuart James, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2014.