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"President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record."

"President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record."

Grace Napolitano, American Politician

Past, President, Rhetoric

50

"I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime."

"I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime."

Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian Writer

50

"The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape."

"The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape."

Jack Henry Abbott, American Author

Past, Respect, Will

48

"What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not."

"What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not."

Steve Nash, Canadian Athlete

48

"In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere."

"In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere."

Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist

48

"The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past."

"The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past."

Ed Markey, American Politician

Past, Schools, Today

48

"What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past."

"What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past."

Terri Windling, American Artist

47

"It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers."

"It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers."

John Walters, British Musician

Past, Problems, Years

46

"The mill cannot grind with the water that is past."

"The mill cannot grind with the water that is past."

Daniel D. Palmer, Canadian Celebrity

46

"In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically."

"In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically."

Henri Bergson, French Scientist

46

"The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea."

"The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea."

Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian Entertainer

46

"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past."

"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

Past, Present, Study, Want

45

"We need not destroy the past. It is gone."

"We need not destroy the past. It is gone."

John Cage, American Composer

45

"Past is past."

"Past is past."

Pete Waterman, English Producer

45

"I appeared on a show with Jonathan Harris on it-the Bill Dana show-even before Lost In Space. Someone gave me a tape of it in the past year, but in all these years we hadn't remembered."

"I appeared on a show with Jonathan Harris on it-the Bill Dana show-even before Lost In Space. Someone gave me a tape of it in the past year, but in all these years we hadn't remembered."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

Past, Space, Years

45

"To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations."

"To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations."

Andre Gide, French Novelist

45

"I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage."

"I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage."

Angus Young, Scottish Musician

45

"I think that over the last few decades, we have seen better economic outcomes than in the past."

"I think that over the last few decades, we have seen better economic outcomes than in the past."

Martin Feldstein, American Economist

45

"The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either."

"The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

Past, Regret, Want

44

"It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly."

"It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

Past, Play, Pleasure

44

"I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders."

"I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders."

Tyra Banks, American Model

44

"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

44

"It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward."

"It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward."

Andy Summers, English Musician

44

"We have to look forward and keep filming new films and not get stuck in the past."

"We have to look forward and keep filming new films and not get stuck in the past."

Nick Park, British Director

44

"He had always despised people who thought about the past. To live was to leave behind, to be as free as a shipwrecked man who has lost everything."

"He had always despised people who thought about the past. To live was to leave behind, to be as free as a shipwrecked man who has lost everything."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

Past, Freedom, Living, Detachment

44

"Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past."

"Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past."

Harry S. Truman, American President

44

"The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past."

"The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

44

"Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it."

"Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it."

Murray Walker, English Entertainer

43

"As you know, in the past several years, month after month, radio has increased its revenues - some of it even coming from Dot-Com advertisers. So, radio is a survivor."

"As you know, in the past several years, month after month, radio has increased its revenues - some of it even coming from Dot-Com advertisers. So, radio is a survivor."

Casey Kasem, American Broadcaster

43

"What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team."

"What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team."

Tom Hicks, American Businessman

43

"Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past."

"Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past."

Jacques Delors, French Economist

Past, Protection, Trade

43

"There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past."

"There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past."

Mel Torme, American Musician

Past, Songs, Will, Writing

42

"Films made in the spirit of the past continued to be made."

"Films made in the spirit of the past continued to be made."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

42

"I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it."

"I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Past, Thinking, Want, Years

42

"Look back, and smile on perils past."

"Look back, and smile on perils past."

Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist

42

"If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us."

"If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

42

"Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird."

"Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird."

Paul Eldridge, American Educator

42

"Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo."

"Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo."

Mickey Spillane, American Author

42

"Employer contribution pension plans have become increasingly popular throughout the past two decades."

"Employer contribution pension plans have become increasingly popular throughout the past two decades."

Ron Lewis, American Politician

42

"The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning."

"The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning."

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

Past, Questioning, Years

42

"The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here."

"The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here."

Finley Peter Dunne, American Journalist

41

"If you go too soon, you can come unstuck with 50m left when the guys are going past you."

"If you go too soon, you can come unstuck with 50m left when the guys are going past you."

Michael East, American Athlete

41

"I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn."

"I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Past, Present, Risk

41

"We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service."

"We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service."

Geraldine Ferraro, American Politician

Past, Public, Service, Years

41

"In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record."

"In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record."

Richard Marx, American Musician

40

"In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen."

"In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen."

Jacky Ickx, Belgian Celebrity

40

"I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years."

"I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years."

John Pople, English Scientist

Past, Visit, World, Years

40

"Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?"

"Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?"

Camille Paglia, American Author

40

"The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years."

"The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years."

Bobby Scott, American Politician

Past, Population, Prison, Years

40

"It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I'm finally getting to do what I really wanted to do."

"It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I'm finally getting to do what I really wanted to do."

Leslie Nielsen, Canadian Actor

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