My Future Quotes - Page 7

• My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven. He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. I could not, in those days, see God for His creature: of whom I had made an idol.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Husband, Men, Idols

  Jane Eyre ch. 24 (1847)

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• She had the face of an angel I saw mirrors in her eyes We were the same, she and I Both bound by potent lies. In him I saw my future In him I saw my friend In him I saw my destiny Both my beginning and my end.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Lying, Eye, Angel

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• You're getting to be a big boy,' I said desperately, 'it's time you started thinking about your future.' 'I'm thinking about my future,' said Sonny, grimly. 'I think about it all the time.

  James A. Baldwin

  Boys, Thinking, Bigs

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• I will not close my eyes, neither those in my head nor those in my soul, as the ship carries me away, along with my future, my dreams, and my beliefs. Buru Island is no happy land somewhere; it's but a way station on my journey in life—though to believe even that much will require no small measure of hope.

  Pramoedya Ananta Toer

  Dream, Believe, Eye

  Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1999). “The Mute's Soliloquy: A Memoir”

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• Calls ignored, texts unanswered, short replies, excuses made. All I can say is don't be surprised when you're not in my future.

  Behdad Sami

  Ignored, Excuse, Made

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• One philosopher has rightly said that property is theft. But I'd like to use my future ownership of property to give something back.

  George Carlin

  Giving, Use, Philosopher

  Source: reprints.longform.org

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• There was a place in the Hills, on the first ridge in the Game Reserve, that I myself at the time when I thought that I was to live and die in Africa, had pointed out to Denys as my future burial-place. In the evening, while we sat and looked at the hills from my house, he remarked that then he would like to be buried there himself as well. Since then, sometimes when we drove out in the hills, Denys had said: "Let us drive as far as our graves.

  Isak Dinesen

  Games, House, Firsts

  Isak Dinesen (1987). “Out of Africa”, Crown Pub

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• I never dreamed that my future would be my husband's past. But it's such a huge past in terms of the recorded content.

  Gail Zappa

  Husband, Past, Would Be

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I just want to let you know that when I look into my future, I see nothing but you.” That’s what Chaz had whispered in my ear at some point during the wedding last night. Then he’d whispered. “And you’re not even wearing Spanx.

  Meg Cabot

  Night, Looks, Ears

  Meg Cabot (2009). “Queen of Babble Gets Hitched”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• Every picture I make, every experience of my private life, every lesson I learn are the keys to my future. And I have faith in it.

  Clark Gable

  Keys, Lessons, Have Faith

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I appreciate the mistakes I made in the past cause it is shaping my future.

  Tonto Dikeh

  Mistake, Past, Appreciate

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• I think my science career had an arc to it that peaked in, let's say 2003/2004. I was in hog heaven, working in a corporation, getting paid pretty good money and doing really exciting research. And we had just done the Cool To Be You record, and I said well, we'll put this record out, but I can't tour it because I just want to do science. That's my gig, my future.

  Milo Aukerman

  Thinking, Careers, Heaven

  Source: vandalamagazine.com

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• My mother and her plans for my future. She had it all worked out. I would attend a nice college, then get a job in advertising. "You'll be one of those smart-looking fellows in their Madison Avenue suits." And I rebelled against [my mother] and her values and her plans for my future at every opportunity.

  George Carlin

  Mother, Jobs, Nice

  Source: reprints.longform.org

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• I shall accord to myself the honor of inscribing myself as an applicant for the American citizenship which according to law I can obtain only after five years residence in this country. And I shall yield to no one of my future countrymen in patriotism. I consider America now my real home.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

  Country, Real, Home

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• I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to.

  Joyce Meyer

  Past, My Past, Happened

  Joyce Meyer (2011). “Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You”, p.18, Hachette UK

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• i hate how my past actions keep messing up my future choices" Seth Sorson aka " fablehaven " (my son's quote)

  Brandon Mull

  Hate, Son, Past

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• I believe in my own abilities and my future enough that I will not take a job that could hurt the integrity of my long-term career.

  Eric Balfour

  Hurt, Jobs, Integrity

  Source: collider.com

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• My future Plans - Marriage, a villa and 10 kids.

  Peta Wilson

  Kids, Villa, Peta

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• My excitement about my life and my future makes me happy, because I am a dreamer, and I always dream, no matter how many obstacles are in my way.

  Tasha Smith

  Dream, Matter, Way

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I work out on almost a daily basis wherever I am, but yoga brings into that equation something that is ideal for me to maintain a physical and emotional and mental kind of balance, and to stay healthy - I see it as a way of investing in my future.

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Yoga, Emotional, Work Out

  "Her Majesty Queen Noor: Yogi & Devoted Warrior for Peace". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm much more a writer than an actor. Although I have a great respect for that and I enjoy acting still, it really is about the world that I'm creating. That's where my future is.

  Jason Gann

  Creating, Acting, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• When I grew up in Tanzania, I went to school with kids who were blind and deaf, and we were all in one class. There wasn't a different class or teacher for them, so they didn't learn anything. I'm hoping to organize a school to train teachers to help children with disabilities. It's my future goal. I want to move back to Tanzania and do that eventually.

  Herieth Paul

  Teacher, Children, Moving

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which led to an audition Satisfaction, where I played a musician in an all-girl band. That movie is where I met my future ex-husband Jody Porter.

  Britta Phillips

  Girl, Husband, Trying

  "Britta Phillips Branches Out". Interview with William J. Simmons, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 9, 2016.

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• The 70's was a great time for artistic expression in Jamaica and I was in the heart of it, unconsciously soaking it up and paving my future.

  Michael Hyatt

  Heart, Expression, Jamaica

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• First, there are some of my readers who only read Hap and Leonard, not the other stuff, and some who don't read Hap and Leonard, but a large percentage are crossover readers. And yes, I did refuse to go to Vietnam and it looked like prison was in my future, but they sent me to the psychiatrist and he gave me a 1-Y, which is unfit for military service essentially.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Military, Vietnam, Stuff

  Source: thequietus.com

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