#past

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#decades #good #history #much #over

I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#being #falling #i #nearly #out

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#future #man #must #parent #past

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#blind #complementary #disclosed #entirely #fact

East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door. ↗

— Eva Gabor

#been #door #east #first #hampton

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

— Mickey Spillane

#get #hazel #house #hugo #hurricane

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

— Baruch Spinoza

#different #past #present #study #want

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#about #amount #likelihood #past #performance

With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini! ↗

— Terence Stamp

#dropped #experience #fear #fellini #going

I made a big mistake with him the first day I shot. We're shooting the scene where I come back from the party, the dance, in the sleigh with Julie Christie and we turn the corner and go past the camera and the camera follows us just a little bit and we disappear. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#big #big mistake #bit #camera #christie