“Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define us.”
Variant: Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define who we become.
Source: Night Star
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“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.”
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The Second World War (1939–1945)
“We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.”
The Natural History of Nonsense.
“Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.”
Source: Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
“Our challenges don't define us, our actions do.”
Variant: Our challenges don't define us, our actions do
“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”
“We are defined by how we use our power.”
"The Rat Hole" (25 December 2003) http://www.gerryspence.com/the-rat-hole/
“why do our enemies shape us more than our friends?”
Source: The Dark Side of Love
“To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.”
As quoted in "The New Republic Calls Out Harry Reid on Clarence Thomas" http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2004/12/08/the-new-republic-calls-out-harry-reid-on-clarence-thomas/ (December 2004), DinoCrat.
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