#past

The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations. ↗

— Henry Villard

#chairs #curious #either #fingers #him

So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today. ↗

— Mika Waltari

#errors #ever #fancying #foolish #future

Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed. ↗

— William Vickrey

#developed #entitlements #firms #given #gross

Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#although #argue #came #certainly #excesses

How can anyone truthfully claim to love someone when they’re not prepared to share everything with that person, including their past? ↗

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

#past #truth #art

I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#belong #brutal #centuries #crossed #experienced

Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world. ↗

— Murray Walker

#eight #everywhere #here #hour #minutes

Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it. ↗

— Murray Walker

#did #had #him #past #schumacher

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it. ↗

— Mark Warner

#come #confounded #cynics #decisions #demand

The past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of a mouse at any time of day. If America, both corporation and citizen alike, can use these services to solve problems, why can't Washington? ↗

— J. C. Watts

#alike #america #answered #any #both