#the past

What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#disappeared #in the past #learning #literature #much

In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first... The first object of any good system must be that of developing first class men. ↗

— Frederick W. Taylor

#been #class #developing #first #first class

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

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

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself. ↗

— Theresa May

#expectation #get #how #in the past #know

I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#fighter #fighters #had #hands #i

People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#criticized #ear #goes #in the past #me

I understand that Italy could have been associated with the idea of an undisciplined country in the past. ↗

— Mario Monti

#been #could #country #i #idea

In the past, I had workaholic issues. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#i #in the past #issues #past #workaholic

It's just different discipline, just doing the voice over. I guess I've done about 5 or 6 audio books in the past and I do the animated voice for a show called Fatherhood on Nickelodeon. ↗

— Blair Underwood

#animated #audio #books #called #different