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The only way to fix my past mistakes is to change my present behaviour.


Jim Genovese

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I pass, a wilful stranger:
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RICHARD DREYFUSS Invent a past for the present.
DANIEL STERN There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now
EUGENE O'NEILL I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.
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