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title: "4 Recorded Past Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Recorded Past quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Recorded Past sayings and thoughts."
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> [A recorded past is no more than a bygone present composed of the footprints made by human beings actually going somewhere but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-joseph-oakeshott/a-recorded-past-is-no-more-than-a-bygone-present-composed-of-the/)

[Michael Joseph Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-joseph-oakeshott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/michael-joseph-oakeshott-25415_footprint_a-recorded-past-is-no-more-than-a-bygone_640466.png)

> [There have been albums I've recorded in the past that have had success, and then there have been ones I've had extreme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdonald/there-have-been-albums-i-ve-recorded-in-the-past-that-have-had/)

[Michael McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdonald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/michael-mcdonald-6275_failure_there-have-been-albums-i-ve-recorded-in_1528826.jpg)

> [In fact, among the 1000 titles which I have recorded in the past 35 years, there are less than 10% of classical titles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-clayderman/in-fact-among-the-1000-titles-which-i-have-recorded-in-the-past-35/)

[Richard Clayderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-clayderman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/richard-clayderman-27290_facts_in-fact-among-the-1000-titles-which-i-ha_2047278.jpg)

> [Throughout the western world, new systems have risen up whose job is to constantly record and monitor the present - and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-curtis/throughout-the-western-world-new-systems-have-risen-up-whose-job-is/)

[Adam Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-curtis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/adam-curtis-13463_aim_throughout-the-western-world-new-systems_2748387.jpg)

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