I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.

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‎I cannot alter the past, but the future is very much in my hands.
MARY LYDON SIMONSEN

My God, I could raise a family of six children and hold down a full-time job with all the energy I e...
ELIZABETH WURTZEL

Ask yourself:
Am I living my past, present or future?
AVINA CELESTE

Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a se...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend...
KEVIN MCCLOUD I am open and willing to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on a variety of appropri...
KURT SCHRADER To talk to people, I have to spend energy talking to them. If I expend my energy on talking to peopl...
ZACK GREINKE

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
JOHN C. MAXWELL I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now -- unless I am letting my consciousness be dominat...
KEN S. KEYES JR. I expend a lot of energy in my 50-60 minutes of cardio and strength training every day.
DAVID H. MURDOCK The return on investment isn't good. It takes so much time, energy and resources, and there are othe...
KATHY HOLDEFER I can imagine my future and I can recollect my past. In my future, I am imagining my future and I am...
UNKNOWN X

My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ

This I would wish, that there was no time or sleep. No more past, or future, and everything we did w...
ANTHONY LICCIONE

I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.
ANN LANDERS The thing is, you cannot ask people to coexist by having one side bow their heads and rely on a solu...
IZZELDIN ABUELAISH In Malta, many a policy or measure tends to be driven by expedience rather than conscience. In order...
LEO BRINCAT

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the sa...
HELEN KELLER

I was obsessed with learning about social behaviors. I remember explaining to my mom that kids on my...
HALSEY

In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleague...
MARGARET J. WHEATLEY I cannot change the past but the present is my opportunity to change the future
TONY BRADY

it's all hands on deck, absolutely.
MARGARET SPELLINGS

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my con...
KEN KEYES JR. I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my con...
KEN KEYES Introverts prefer introversion; we tend to gain energy by reflecting and expend energy when interact...
LAURIE HELGOE

There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old...
ED KOCH

There seemed to be nothing left in the world, for I felt that Roland had taken with him all my futur...
VERA BRITTAIN

Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future
MAXIM GORKY

Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time b...
ECKHART TOLLE I have always lived according to my conscience, and my past is clean.
BIDZINA IVANISHVILI

George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.
DOLLY PARTON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES

Do not dwell on the past. Focus on the precious moments and gracious future.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestio...
ANITA HILL No man in the past, present or future can manage time!! Every man in the past, present and future co...
ANUROOP TYAGI Time in love is precious and valuable, my love for her is far from pliable, it cannot be bent nor ca...
DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL

The key to understanding if something is truly precious is to ask if we can hold it, for things trul...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH

And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for myself. For you to be my eyes when I do not hav...
CASSANDRA CLARE It's all hands on deck; the ship is being shelled,
HERB KELLEHER When I was young, I read everything I could lay my hands on, but the Scots in my storybooks spent th...
THERESA BRESLIN This is really an all-hands-on-deck scenario for the Red Cross right now.
CARRIE MARTIN I couldn't ask for anything better on my birthday than having the cup in my hands. It was a fantasti...
STEVE COSTALAS Everything I have learned in my past, has prepared me for my future....
LEROY NELLIS II

His position and his future is in his hands and that of his parliamentary colleagues.
JOHN HOWARD

I have been fighting the Communists all my life, ... Ho Chi Minh is a murderer. We cannot forget.
HO CHI MINH

I celebrate the connections in my life, from my past, present, and future. I joyfully accept love in...
AMY LEIGH MERCREE

I don't have time to beat myself up over my fallible nature. Instead I use my energy to learn fr...
GRACE GEALEY

We should keep in mind that it is easy to concoct stories explaining the past or to become confident...
LEONARD MLODINOW

As a member of both the energy and environment committees, I am constantly astounded by how many of ...
BERNIE SANDERS On the basis of public statements and my consultations with my colleagues, I cannot see 18 senators ...
FRANKLIN DRILON I can´t change my past, or predict my future. But i can shape my present.
ARMIN HOUMAN It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot g...
KING HUSSEIN Drzeci se za proslost,
odricemo se buducnosti.
TAMARA STAMENKOVIC It really is all hands on deck at this point.
CHRIS BURNS

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.
DAN QUAYLE Stupid people spend time defending themselves instead of fighting for their goals.
DAN WALDSCHMIDT I definitely need the ball in my hands to shoot it, or to make decisions or to pass,
CHRIS WEBBER I noticed that fear likes to dwell on the past or move fast forward to the future. The next time you...
PHILIP T. M.

We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our own hands.
THOMAS E. DEWEY

Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future and time future contained in time...
, ALWAYS NOW, 1997 And I think that every American - this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for America. And I think it is...
SCOTT RIGELL

Because of my intense hopes for the youth of China, I feel very keenly my responsibility for their f...
CHIANG KAI-SHEK We must take more time for promising young conductors. The famous conductors have no time for teachi...
CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH I want to concentrate my time, my energy, my money on science.
BRIGITTE BOISSELIER I decided not to let my past rule my future so I decided to change my present in order to open up my...
DR. ANA M GUZMAN

What we are left with then is the present, the only time where miracles happen. We place the past an...
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON As I reflect on all my friends and colleagues in my life on this special occasion... Mother is only ...
MARK W BOYER

I expend far too much of my maternal energies on guilt and regret.
AYELET WALDMAN I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
LILLIAN HELLMAN I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions
LILLIAN HELLMAN My colleagues in Holland, they are all like this on the telephone.
CONRAD ALLEBLAS This is going to be a bipartisan effort with all hands on deck.
JOSH KARDON

So, with all this time on my hands, I decided to start a revolution.
J.G. BALLARD Over the past five months, I have worked closely with Travis and my colleagues in ensuring a smooth ...
DICK EVANS I need all my players to be at practice, but it's out of my hands. That matter is in the administrat...
DICKEY NUTT We brought in some very talented first-year defending players and a transfer. But it is going to tak...
GEORGE GELNOVATCH I decided to spend my energy doing this. I think we need to be looking ahead. We don't need to be lo...
BARRY BREEN

Citizens, not less generous than myself, let your most precious moments be employed in causing the p...
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE I've encouraged all pharmacists to have all hands on deck. It's going to be a nightmare.
MIKE PATTON This is a long goodbye, yet not time enough. I have no aptitude for this. I cannot learn this. I wou...
JULIET MARILLIER

Use your lives wisely, my friends, and conserve these precious freedoms for future generations.
TED NUGENT I'm an introvert. I get my energy by spending time alone. I need that hour or two to myself ever...
AMIT BHATIA Secondly, we need to seize the opportunity to invest in these new technologies. With typical energy ...
KATHY SIERRA

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves fr...
GERALD G. JAMPOLSKY My past doesn’t determine what I am and what I do for my future. I resolved with God and love to g...
FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE

We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of consci...
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD I will need to talk to my party colleagues and the decision will be conveyed by Wednesday.
YASIN MALIK

I've never given much thought to grants but now that LeRoi Jones has a Guggenheim I have to consider...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON

I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand -- ...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë The letter had broad support. Everyone seemed to believe in each of those points. I was surprised la...
ED ROWE Michael wasn't on the pool deck, which was hard for me. None of my old Coral Springs teammates were ...
DARA TORRES [76th over: England 292-5 (Flintoff 44, G Jones 13) More good stuff from Flintoff, who rocks back be...
CHRIS MASON We cannot give up hope for the future of humanity because it is our destiny to shape that future for...
ARTHUR HENDERSON All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.
WILLIAM ALLARD All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.
WILLIAM ALBERT ALLARD My main expertise is in the past, but if I have to extrapolate into the future, I would say: no good...
JUAN COLE I'm more nervous than excited, actually. I felt okay the past couple of days, no pain, no problem. I...
PATRIK ELIAS If we're going to win this series anyway, with or without Jagr, we have to have all hands on deck. I...
TOM RENNEY I cannot tell you how many times a person assumed I voted for John Kerry in 2004. Most of the time, ...
MICHELE ZIPP Am I calm all the time? That is a question to ask my mother. I am very happy in my home. I have a go...
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CHUCK JONES The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.
DAVY JONES You wouldn't want to see the size of the check that I would write if it would for sure get the D...
JERRY JONES The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young...
KELLY JONES When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are...
DHANI JONES I think we're very lucky that there is a tradition of British actors working in America and bein...
FELICITY JONES The good, old-fashioned family can help. Students learn by example, and if their parents, aunts, unc...
AL JONES That's a worry, because we have seen the intensity of students playing video games, watching TV more...
AL JONES It's the personal, intimate nature of books. It's hard to curl up with a computer.
AL JONES Somebody must have run a red light, I'm thinking that's the Honda based on preliminary reports.
AL JONES He was kind of the old-style beat cop. He took care of his area; he really felt responsible for his ...
AL JONES We talked in the locker room about how we've improved so much. That's what you want a young group to...
AL JONES We dug ourselves a hole pretty deep and just couldn't get back out of it. We didn't score a field go...
AL JONES When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the mu...
ADAM JONES In the time between records, I always have lots of stuff going on. I shoot photography, make little ...
ADAM JONES I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
ADAM JONES Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.
ADAM JONES I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
ADAM JONES I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes...
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