The future, like everything else, is not what it u... -Paul Valery

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The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.

Paul Valery , Poet
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Paul Valery Quotes to Explore

At times I think and at times I am....
War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other....
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly....
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through....
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well....
A poem is never finished, only abandoned....
A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone....
That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false....
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business....
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds....

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As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people....
You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the ob...
Whether it is salt farmers in India embracing solar power or wind companies creating tens of thousands of jobs in America, people are providing a visi...
The Bible never divorces the truth of Christ's future return with our present-day responsibilities....
The world wants to know - is the future a democratic one or an autocratic one? And I want to make sure that the United States leads on that, clearly t...
We have to dare to modernize to get room to maneuver for the priorities in the future....
We can't change the past. We can only get ready for the future....
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't h...
For 25 years countless people have come to the U.N. climate conferences begging our world leaders to stop emissions and clearly that has not worked as...
The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself....