Famous Quotes: Past

Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.
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What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared.
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It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.
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The cottage garden; most for use designed, Yet not of beauty destitute.
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I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.
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I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and pulling their hair because I was there. It was weird. Nobody deserves adulation like that. I tried to explain it to my kids once. I said, 'Mommy used to be kind of cool, kind of like a Britney Spears.'
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My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.
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We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane.
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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
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I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that.
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I don't want to rap about my car. How generic is that? Be creative.
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But Jesus changes your attitude towards yourself and towards other people.
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I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.
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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
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In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in recent years is really something. I don't think I would have seen as much change if I'd lived in any other city in the world.
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While it is true that we must seek value added industries like food processing plants and call center operations, we must do what is necessary to expand and develop our economic profile.
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Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.
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