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11277 Past quotes by 5724 unique authors

I've just finished my 20th book this past year and I'm working on my 21st book about the Middle East right now that I'll finish… — Jimmy Carter
By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles… — Giacomo Casanova
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but… — Johnny Cash
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past. — Fidel Castro
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying… — Willa Cather
I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect. — Nick Cave
One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link. — Paul Cezanne
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask… — Jackie Chan
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. — Chanakya
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past… — William Ellery Channing
For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing… — Joan Chen
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… — Unknown Author
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at… — Noam Chomsky
And on this you have my pledge - unlike in the past, when you stood up and did what was right, this governor will not… — Chris Christie
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. — Winston Churchill
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice. — Winston Churchill
For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose… — Winston Churchill
On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for… — Madonna Ciccone
Sweet is the memory of past troubles. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I'm so happy now. I love that I'm in a relationship right now... I want a life... The past five years or so I've found… — Kelly Clarkson
For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for… — Albert Claude
It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. — Carl von Clausewitz
It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where… — Hillary Clinton
I feel like I'm part of a generation of people who are stuck in the past and are really self-absorbed. I mean, we're actually taking… — Diablo Cody

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