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Quotations regarding 'Present'

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Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into.
Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress (1973-  )
Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons.
Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist (1908-2005)
The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.
Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist (1908-2005)
If the militarily most powerful - and least threatened - states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that are truly insecure? The present nuclear policy is a recipe for proliferation. It is a policy for disaster.
Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist (1908-2005)
Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a hint, and in its best moments a visible beginning.
Josiah Royce, American Philosopher (1855-1916)
The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This second aspect is the one which from Kant, until the present time, has formed the deeper problem of thought.
Josiah Royce, American Philosopher (1855-1916)
Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order.
Josiah Royce, American Philosopher (1855-1916)
For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell.
Josiah Royce, American Philosopher (1855-1916)
Every franchise of both leagues will remain in its present location.
Pete Rozelle, American Celebrity (1926-1996)
At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang around.
Rudy Rucker, American Scientist (1946-  )
I love acting with kids, cause they're great acting partners. They're totally present. Even when they're acting, they're still available and you can crack them up or something weird will happen and they'll go with it.
Mark Ruffalo, American Actor (1967-  )
Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.
Lillian Russell, American Actress (1860-1922)
The present is a point just passed.
David Russell, Scottish Musician
Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.
Richard Russo, American Novelist (1949-  )
The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman (1869-1942)
I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian Athlete (1970-  )
I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.
Muqtada al Sadr, Iraqi Clergyman (1973-  )
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist (1900-1944)
Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture.
Buffy Sainte-Marie, -
Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist.
George Saintsbury, English Writer (1845-1933)
 
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