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Distributed intelligence is the key to the advancement of human civilization. Dictatorships, communist countries, monarchies in the past all eventually collapsed because of their inefficiency in moving information.
Al GoreAl Gore As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
SophoclesSophocles It gives me chills the way the world trembles when the past is on its way back.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Someday we’ll look back on this and it will all seem funny.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen We just want to win. That’s the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don’t really reflect on what we’ve done in the past. We focus on the present.
Derek JeterDerek Jeter Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.
Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus The past has to be seen to be dead; or the past will kill.
V.S. NaipaulV.S. Naipaul It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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