My Past Quotes - Page 11

• I consciously focus on my blessings and remember what has gotten me through my past struggles: my faith and the belief that everything happens for a reason.

  Trista Sutter

  Struggle, Blessing, Past

  "Trista Sutter from The Bachelorette: Spreading the Gift of Gratitude". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.

  Zadie Smith

  Past, Truth Is, Ends

  Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.150, Vintage

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• I need some space." "Because of my past?" "No, because of mine. When I'm around you I feel like I'm falling. I need to stop before I smash into the ground." "Are you always so honest?" "No. Mostly I'm a liar like you.

  Anna McPartlin

  Liars, Fall, Past

  Anna McPartlin (2008). “Apart from the Crowd”, p.323, Simon and Schuster

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• I think we're on a journey....It was very easy to write about my past in my book, but writing about the present is all a new chapter. I hope that people find this journey fascinating, informative and educational.

  Donna Karan

  Educational, Book, Writing

  "Donna Karan on Meditation, Fashion - and Love". Interview with Mayu Saini, wwd.com. March 28, 2016.

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• If you think it's necessary to judge me by my past, don't get mad when I put you there.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Past, Thinking, Mad

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• I understood that all the material of a literary work was in my past life, I understood that I had acquired it in the midst of frivolous amusements, in idleness, in tenderness and in pain, stored up by me without my divining its destination or even its survival, as the seed has in reserve all the ingredients which will nourish the plant.

  Marcel Proust

  Pain, Past, Survival

  Marcel Proust (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated)”, p.4860, Delphi Classics

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• Although I believe in reincarnation, as many people do that live in the East, I do not remember my past lives clearly; I only wish I did.

  Gerald Gardner

  Believe, Past, People

  Gerald Gardner (2004). “The Meaning of Witchcraft”, p.3, Weiser Books

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• All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs.

  Taye Diggs

  Past, Nicknames, Infatuation

  filmcritic.com Interview, www.imdb.com.

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• Maybe I was a pirate in my past life. I didn’t kill people, though. I was just a badass

  Dianna Agron

  Badass, Past, People

  FaceBook post by Dianna Agron from Aug 29, 2012

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• After you reach a certain age, they think you’re over. Well, I will never be over. I’ll be making records if I have to sell them out of the trunk of my car. I’ve done that in my past, and I’d do it again.

  Dolly Parton

  Past, Thinking, Car

  FaceBook post by Dolly Parton from Nov 12, 2016

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• I talk openly about my past and what I've gone through - abuse being something that was very real in my household, and a lot of chaos growing up as a child. I think that I naturally just gravitated towards music that I could really feel on a deep level - and that meant sadness. I was able to connect with that at a really young age.

  Christina Aguilera

  Children, Growing Up, Real

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• I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative arts, folklore, advertising, voices making announcements, aerodynamism, boy scouts, the smell of moth balls, events of the moment, and drunken people.

  Rene Magritte

  Beautiful, Art, Boys

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• That's the thing about being a former fat camp champ: when asked if I'd change my past if I could, I always answer no. The pain of being an overweight kid, the humiliation, make you think twice before ever cutting anyone else down.

  Stephanie Klein

  Pain, Health, Kids

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• Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done.

  Michelle Shocked

  Marriage, Writing, Acceptance

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• I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• My mother is my last point of security in relation to my past, and if that breaks, I will not ever have that type of pure love or pure attachment.

  Shirin Neshat

  Mother, Past, Attachment

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I love being able to escape my past, even though my past was great.

  Perry Farrell

  Past, Love Is, Able

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• When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game. The thing I am trying to keep in mind is that relying on my past performance will not make me win my next game, it'll only get in my way.

  Greg Maddux

  Nice, Winning, Past

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• I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only inasmuch as it gave me pleasure or helped me grow psychologically. That is the only thing that interests me about yesterday. I don't believe in yesterday, by the way. You know I don't believe in yesterday. I am only interested in what I am doing now.

  John Lennon

  Believe, Past, Thinking

  Interview with David Sheff, www.john-lennon.com. January 1981.

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• I am happy with my past, my present and my future. All three are miraculous building blocks of my beloved, wonderful life.

  Robert Muller

  Attitude, Block, Past

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• My employer was never at any time aware of anything in my past beyond the writing I did, because, frankly, it isn't relevant to the job I was asked to do, which was to be a reporter.

  Jeff Gannon

  Jobs, Writing, Past

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• 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

  Past, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• I think it was important for me to introduce myself as an artist for the first time because I'm very proud of my past, it's all a part of my story, but this is who I am now. This was a really important thing to have an hour special that lets them in and kind of meet me for the first time, truthfully.

  Jamie Lynn Spears

  Artist, Past, Thinking

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• Also to have someone tell you when you can come and go. When I was faced with that decision, I just drew back on all my past decisions and especially my time in jail that this isn't the road I want to go down. That's why I really made a commitment towards school.

  John Starks

  School, Commitment, Past

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• One of the biggest things I struggle with in life is not being present. I'm worried about my future or I'm dwelling on my past, and I'm wondering why I'm not feeling so great right now, but it's because I'm everywhere else, besides what is currently happening in front of me.

  Mark Webber

  Struggle, Past, Dwelling

  Source: collider.com

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