My Past Quotes - Page 10

• To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps.

  Matthew Perry

  Past, Darkness, Comedian

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• I believe my past is my strength.

  Michel Martelly

  Believe, Past, I Believe

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• An astounding thing is that, almost every single week, I have met someone from my past.

  Michael Aspel

  Past, Week, Mets

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• I play chess, but my past is checkered,
  The mic and I are like staff and shepherd.

  Ka

  Rap, Past, Play

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• I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.

  John Travolta

  Men, Thinking, Past

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence. Intuition, suspicion, or confidence in new ventures; there is a strange strain within me when advantage is not taken of some situation, the immediacy of recognition of the rightness or wrongness of a mood, a response, a decision - they are so often valid that I am increasingly convinced that we have yet to grasp the reality of existence.

  Ansel Adams

  Fall, Taken, Past

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• My past behaviour makes me cringe.

  Denise Van Outen

  Past, Behaviour, Cringe

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• I love an art which allows me to document my place in this mix... This is my past and my future. It has its own logic and finally, its own sense of fulfillment.

  Burton Silverman

  Art, Past, Satisfaction

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• That's the good part of having my past follow me, is that sometimes some of that stuff can help.

  Tommy Lee

  Past, Stuff, Helping

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• I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.

  Adam Shankman

  Couple, Drama, School

  "Producer Adam Shankman Talks STEP UP REVOLUTION Blu-ray/DVD, Future STEP UP Movies, Directing GLEE’s Upcoming Christmas Episode, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 27, 2012.

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• I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

  John Sebastian

  Past, Thinking, Musician

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• When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be.

  Robert Carlyle

  Past, Looks, Way

  "Robert Carlyle on California Solo, American vs. British TV, and the appeal of fairy tales". Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. December 20, 2012.

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• The more my fans know about my past, the more they'll be able to predict and understand some of the moves I make in the future.

  Curtis Jackson

  Moving, Past, Fans

  Source: movieweb.com

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• Ive at times in my past been so unhappy, and thought, like, I would give anything for this not to be happening. And, you know, as people say, time passes, and then you think, Im kind of glad that happened to me.

  Susan Choi

  Past, Thinking, People

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• I've never told anyone this, in an effort to run from my past and disguise it, I got rid of all of the scrapbooks my mother kept going back to when I was a baby. Truly. So that's why whenever talk show hosts or a producer asks for these pictures, there are barely any. My sister had a few, but that's it, and this was before digital. I've never told anyone that, but that's the truth.

  Tim Gunn

  Mother, Running, Baby

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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• I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and mental fatigue set in and I was unable to operate to the maximum of my intellectual ability. But in a single cell in prison, I had time to think. I had a clear view of my past and present, and I found that my past left much to be desired, both in regard to my relations with other humans and in developing personal worth.

  Nelson Mandela

  Past, Thinking, Views

  Source: profitmagazin.com

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• Lyrically I write based on my past experiences or things I wish to experience. Pain inspires me as does joy.

  Adam Anderson

  Pain, Writing, Past

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• I never want to abandon my roots. I want to give my past and the history of painting the importance it deserves, including the masters like Rembrandt, who built up the surface of the canvas with transparent layers.

  Jose Parla

  Past, Roots, Giving

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't like to be disparaging about my past roles. That's the only taboo that I don't like to cross.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Past, Roles, Crosses

  "Neil Patrick Harris Interview, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas". Roundtable interview, www.moviesonline.ca.

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• I feel completely free to do whatever I want and how I want to do it. I feel unburdened by my past.

  Billy Corgan

  Past, Want, Feels

  "Billy Corgan talks about going solo". The Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. June 22, 2005.

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• Shah Rukh is not my girlfriend that I should remember him. When I don't remember my past girlfriends, what will I remember Shah Rukh for?

  Salman Khan

  Girlfriend, Past, Remember

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• All of my peers died of AIDS, and I have no one to celebrate my past or my journey, or to help me pass down stories to the next generation. We lost an entire generation of storytellers with HIV.

  David Mixner

  Past, Journey, Hiv

  "David Mixner's life in Clinton, gay politics" by Edward Guthmann, www.sfgate.com. May 19, 2008.

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• Ironically, this physically weak feeling signifies that I'm actually getting stronger. I know from my past that I will ultimately feel strong if I just sit with the feeling and experience it.

  Jenni Schaefer

  Strong, Past, Feelings

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• Obviously, I'm still building a name and reputation for myself. The stigmas that come with my past will remain there for quite some time, but I'm not afraid to challenge those things, and I never have been.

  Sasha Grey

  Past, Names, Challenges

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• I realized that there are just certain things in life that are private. I have things in my past - like everyone - that I'm not proud of.

  Ken Osmond

  Past, Things In Life, Proud

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