“In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.” WayPastMy OwnRolesGayModelsMy FamilyRole Models Author:Mika
“You should never fall in love with your own press clippings, because it is very much the nature of the beast that the same journalists who build you up between Monday and Friday tear you down for weekend fun...My family's habit of living in the past seems to me pathological, even dangerous. If all greatness lies in the past, what is the point of the future?” IfsShouldSeemsPastLyingFallFunLove YouDangerousGreatnessTearsHabitMy FamilyPressesFalling In LoveJournalistBeastWeekendMondayFridayLiving In The PastNever Fall In Love Author:Stephen L. Carter
“You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I came from some kind of horrible, hysterical circumstances. That's not true. My family, my nuclear family, was actually very close. My mom and dad were great parents and they encouraged a real rich, creative life for me and my brothers. My extended family, like every family, has some darkness, and some violence of some kind, emotional or otherwise, in their past.” PeopleKnowsKindRealPastParentDarknessCreativeRichViolenceEmotionalBrotherMomDadCircumstancesMy FamilyAssumingMy MomNuclearHorribleMy BrotherCountyAugustMom And DadHystericalCreative LifeExtended FamilyGreat ParentsNuclear Families Author:Tracy Letts
“I'm not an addict and I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past and all I can do is apologize, but it is what it is and I can't change the past. And I can apologize to my family and my friends and my colleagues and the people.” PeopleMadeI CanPastCan DoMistakeDrugMy FriendsMy FamilyApologizingColleaguesAddictCan't ChangeMade A MistakeIt Is What It IsI Made A MistakeCan't Change The Past Author:Rob Ford
“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” InspirationalPastFamilyFutureMy FamilyMeaningfulAfrican AmericanBridgesOur FamilyLinksOur FutureOur PastAlexFamily LoveAbout FamilyFamily HistoryHappy FamilyInspirational Family LoveGreat FamilyBest FamilyInspirational FamilyFamily ReunionFunny FamilyFunny Family ReunionLike FamilyFamily TogethernessCute FamilyAmazing FamilyFamily GatheringSpiritual Family Author:Alex Haley
“I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm more interested in the past.” FeelsKindHomePastGrewGrew UpMy FamilyGhost Author:James Purdy
“Prayer doesn't work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening. I've paid attention. I've pictured what I want to happen in my life. I've meditated extensively on my family, my future, my past actions and what did and didn't work for me about them.” WantHappensActionPastPrayerAttentionListeningMy FamilyPaidMy FutureMy Past Author:Adam Savage
“During the war, there were people wishing me death, wishing my son death, wishing my wife death in very graphic ways. In the past, I would go overseas and I would say, "Israel is like my family: we disagree, but we're all brothers." I can't say that anymore, because life proves me wrong.” PeopleWayI CanWarPastWishWifeSonBrotherProveMy FamilyIsraelMy WifeMy SonDisagreeGraphicDeath WishProve Me Wrong Author:Etgar Keret
“Being with my family and loved ones makes me feel vulnerable. Speaking my truth and then being that in action. Leaving my comfort zone but knowing that risk is going to create something beautiful. I believe I have come to good terms with my vulnerability. I welcome it now, where I didn't in the past.” FeelsBelieveActionPastBeautifulI BelieveTermKnowingRiskComfortMy FamilyLeavingWelcomeVulnerableVulnerabilityZoneLoved OnesComfort ZoneSomething BeautifulMy Truth Author:Dash Mihok
“In the past members of my family on both my mother's and father's side have fought in the war, in the first and second World Wars. Unfortunately, they're dead and I wasn't able to speak to them, but that was in our family history too.” WorldFirstsWarAblePastMotherFatherSpeakSidesMembersMy FamilyOur FamilyWar Of The WorldsSecond World WarFamily History Author:PJ Harvey
“Writers really do that. We weep over our characters. We are saddened sometimes for days when we say goodbye to a world or a character. They do become our best friends. I've probably spent more time with them over the past 22, 24 years than I have spent with most of the real members of my family.” WorldRealSometimesCharacterPastMy FamilyGoodbyeSaying GoodbyeOver The PastSaddened Author:Robin Hobb
“Living in the rural South, you sometimes feel trapped, like you don't have any options. It grinds people down, and of course it leads to substance abuse. I see it all around me. So many people in my family, probably more than 50 percent, have had substance abuse problems, either currently or in the past. It's so personal and immediate to me.” PeopleSometimesProblemPastLike YouMy FamilyAbuseGrindSubstance Abuse Author:Jesmyn Ward
“We must not allow the liberals to move us away from the conservative values of the American past which sustain our present and shall secure our future. As for me and my family, we will serve God, we will serve this constitutional republic, we will serve America.” AmericaPastMovingValuesMy FamilyConservativeSecureRepublicOur FutureServing GodConservative Values Author:Allen West