The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard.
Penelope Lively
We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.
I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or... →
Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present.
The present hardly exists, after all-it becomes the past even as it happens. A tricky medium, time - and central to the concerns of fiction.
My only regret is the media's obsession with the past.
Ken Livingstone
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
Livy
I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a... →
Ryan Lochte
The day is past when schools could afford to give sufficient time and attention to the teaching of the ancient languages to enable the student to get... →
James Loeb
Everything about 'Hugo' to me is poignant, from the broken orphan to the old man losing his past to the fragility of film itself.
John Logan