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"I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate."

"I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate."

Ed Gillespie, American Politician

Past, President, States, United

6

"Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone's so over me, and I'm just so past my sell date."

"Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone's so over me, and I'm just so past my sell date."

Cher, American Musician

6

"The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past."

"The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past."

Mary Webb, English Novelist

Past, Present, Tomorrow

6

"Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present."

"Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

6

"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

6

"Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation."

"Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation."

George P. Baker, American Theorist

Past, Practice, Present

6

"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

6

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility."

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility."

Errol Morris, American Director

6

"The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again."

"The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again."

Walter Benjamin, German Critic

6

"I have had shoulder injuries in the past, but usually it's from training."

"I have had shoulder injuries in the past, but usually it's from training."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

6

"I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything."

"I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

Past, Trade, Years

6

"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

6

"There have to be more important things going on in the world than my past."

"There have to be more important things going on in the world than my past."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

6

"The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback."

"The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback."

Alain Resnais, French Director

6

"I can't live off of yesterday - that's in the past."

"I can't live off of yesterday - that's in the past."

Juice Newton, American Musician

Past, Yesterday

6

"Scrooge pushed past Mary number 1 and Joseph number 2 in the wings without so much as an "excuse me". Typical."

"Scrooge pushed past Mary number 1 and Joseph number 2 in the wings without so much as an "excuse me". Typical."

William E. Geist, American Journalist

6

"I appreciate what others have done in the past especially for my genre, and my style of singing. And they sure put a footprint - you know, they got the foot in the door, but I'm going to put my foot straight through the door."

"I appreciate what others have done in the past especially for my genre, and my style of singing. And they sure put a footprint - you know, they got the foot in the door, but I'm going to put my foot straight through the door."

James Durbin, American Musician

Past, Singing, Style

6

"There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years."

"There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Past, Training, Years

6

"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

6

"I don't like parties past 2 am. Then it's all losers and weirdos."

"I don't like parties past 2 am. Then it's all losers and weirdos."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

6

"The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet."

"The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet."

Cyril Connolly, English Journalist

6

"I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present."

"I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present."

Bill Condon, American Director

6

"The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens."

"The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens."

Boyle Roche, Irish Politician

5

"Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past."

"Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past."

Robert A. M. Stern, American Architect

Past, Responsibility

5

"I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past."

"I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past."

Eric Lindros, Canadian Athlete

5

"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

5

"The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her."

"The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her."

Charles M. Russell, American Artist

Past, Forget, May

5

"Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on."

"Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

5

"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

5

"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

5

"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

5

"The past has to inform the present."

"The past has to inform the present."

John Turturro, American Actor

5

"That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it."

"That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it."

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author

5

"I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past."

"I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

5

"The sediments of the past are many miles in collective thickness: yet the feeble silt of the rivers built them all from base to summit."

"The sediments of the past are many miles in collective thickness: yet the feeble silt of the rivers built them all from base to summit."

John Joly, Irish Scientist

5

"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

5

"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

5

"I am fascinated with times past."

"I am fascinated with times past."

Frank Darabont, American Director

5

"There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it."

"There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it."

Pearl Bailey, American Actress

5

"I haven't collected memorabilia. I am not a person who lives in the past."

"I haven't collected memorabilia. I am not a person who lives in the past."

Yvonne Craig, American Actress

5

"I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past."

"I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past."

Len Wein, American Cartoonist

5

"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

5

"I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules."

"I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Past, Research, Rules

5

"I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it."

"I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

5

"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

5

"Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster."

"Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster."

Joe Adcock, American Athlete

5

"The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations."

"The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations."

Henry Villard, American Journalist

5

"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

4

"I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past."

"I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past."

Penelope Lively, English Author

4

"In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made."

"In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

4

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