A performer learns with experience and with age. I did not know the future when I left home and started out to begin my career: I started qawaali; then I met Peter Gabriel and was exposed to a lot of new ideas. - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Only the present is real. The past and the future exist only in our imagination. ― Oliver Markus

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I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

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The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing. ― Jennifer Niven

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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. ― Vladimir Nabokov

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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.' -Viktor E. Frankl

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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ― John Wooden

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There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things. ― Marilynne Robinson

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt

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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence. ― Karl Lagerfeld

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