My past is an echo of my perfect present being the shadow of my stellar future.
In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.
Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in music.
You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.
There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to the world.
When people ask me how I am I tell them......"I'm present
There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.
I don't aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature.
The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.
In a cult intervention information is presented about the group that the member is most often not aware of.
One of the hardest things to do is to be present and open and clear about who you are and what you stand for. We all have issues with that.
Every interaction presents an opportunity for growth, one of the keys to our limitless potential.
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.
If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do.
The past is never the past. It is always present. And you better reckon with it in your life and in your daily experience, or it will get you. It will get you really bad.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.
I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.
I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.
I am convinced that great ideas that are powerfully presented can change a mind in five minutes.
A film seeking to create change on a difficult issue should not try to provide a definitive historical overview, nor present an op-ed style argument.
