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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.”

Knows Might Past Sides Records Rocks Responsible Arguing Excess Rock And Roll My Past Tolls Hardcore Rockers

Author:Tony Visconti

“I don’t think we ever really live in the present; instead, we’re either just this side of the past or future, wavering anxiously between anticipation and recollection. That’s where I lived my life, always wanting, longing, wishing.”

Thinking Past Wish Sides Longing Anticipation Recollection Live In The Present Wavering

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the next valley-glades: Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music:--do I wake or sleep?”

Stills Dream Past Next Sides Sleep Vision Hills Streams Buried Valleys Waking Fades Meadows Anthem Nightingales Adieu Bright Star

Author:John Keats

“It might be plausibly maintained, that in almost every one of the leading controversies, past or present, in social philosophy, both sides were in the right in what they affirmed, though wrong in what they denied.”

Philosophy Might Past Social Sides Denied Both Sides Controversy

Book:Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical

Source: Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical

“(Carmine Crocco) A farm-labourer and cowherd, had joined the Bourbon army, killed a comrade in a brawl, deserted and lived as an outlaw for ten years. He joined the liberal insurgents in 1860 in the hope of an amnesty for his past offences, and subsequently became the most formidable guerilla chief and leader of men on the Bourbon side.”

Men Years Past Sides Leader Ten Army Chiefs Farms Comrade Formidable Offence Outlaw Deserted Amnesty Insurgent Bourbon Labourers

Book:Bandits

Source: Bandits

“Maleficent has suffered abuse in the past, and there's a reason why she is now as furious as she is. And I think that children who have been outcast and abused in any way will relate to her. There's a beautiful side to her; she's not just a dark person. She has all these facets. And that is interesting.”

Thinking Way Children Persons Has Beens Reason Past Beautiful Sides Dark Interesting Abuse Relate Reason Why Furious Outcast Facets Maleficent

Author:Angelina Jolie

“There was more of a flow to my output of writing in the past, certainly. Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, "Well, so-and-so will like this," which you do when you're younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.”

Writing Wells Mean Past Left Sides Realizing Flow Bleak Output

Author:Gore Vidal

“I dislike a great deal of contemporary poetry - all of the past you read is usually quite great - but it is a useful thorn to have in one's side.”

Past Sides Deals Contemporary Dislike

Book:The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara

Source: The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara