#the past

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us. ↗

— David Brin

#civilization #could #culture #down #feed

We saw hundreds of programs to redevelop the central city, the neighborhoods, in the past. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#city #hundreds #in the past #neighborhoods #past

In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing! ↗

— Tony Campolo

#christians #depended #election #evangelical #in the past

I think that over the last few decades, we have seen better economic outcomes than in the past. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#decades #economic #few #i #i think

I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous. ↗

— Susan Collins

#ambiguous #been #chemical #dealing #endorsing

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great. ↗

— Stanley Clarke

#composing #directed #done #film #great

See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? Well, I've always had fast cars. It's not that. It's the fear that you're past your best. It's the fear that the stuff you've done in the past is your best work. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#always #best #best work #buy #cars

At the moment I am taking a very careful look at some of the work which we have done in the past. ↗

— Martin Fleischmann

#careful #done #i #i am #in the past

I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it. ↗

— Christian Bale

#attack #backwards #began #few #forwards

It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is because there are more people, meaning the population has tripled; there must be three times more bad people. ↗

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

#bad people #because #in the past #many #meaning