#past

My past is a bit checkered. ↗

— Kid Rock

#checkered #past

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#been #changed #considered #conventional #done

Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda. ↗

— Anita Roddick

#back #been #business #businesses #call

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. ↗

— Alex Rodriguez

#consumed #future #i #live #living

Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present. ↗

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

#envy #fools #in the past #live #only

Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#afraid #become #choice #dealing #effective

I am very concerned that we have given up capabilities and methodologies that have worked in the past. I know they work and I'm concerned because in the future we may need these. So while it is the prerogative of the president to make that decision, I am concerned that in the future we may miss these and we may need them to protect American lives. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#american #american lives #because #capabilities #concerned

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#draw #experience #future #gather #invest

I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#also #anything #creativity #destroy #former

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write. ↗

— James Rollins

#after #critique #fiction #first #group