#past

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#been #behind #bothering #closed #decisions

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people. ↗

— Wilma Mankiller

#consider #decisions #encouraged #future #generations

One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are. Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#being #business #clearly #contend #couple

I do like to drive fast and I have gotten pulled over in the past. I use my skills to get out of tickets. ↗

— Josie Maran

#fast #get #gotten #i #i do

The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past. ↗

— Ed Markey

#equal #more #past #schools #segregated

No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#best #happened #live #matter #now

Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past. ↗

— Johnny Mathis

#am #anymore #because #best #career

I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one. ↗

— Robert Matsui

#amends #apologize #back #countries #few

Hopefully as a country, that we learn from our mistakes of the past. ↗

— Robert Matsui

#hopefully #learn #mistakes #our #past

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#avoid #first #lengthy #meditation #past