It is the idea of 'People' to treat its material as if it were history and, what is more, as if it were the history of a happy period.
I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.
Why don't women have respect for themselves nowadays? What happen to the woman who learned her grandmama's recipes and made her man sweet potato pie? I tell you, they don't make 'em like they used to. Will my real women stand up, please?
I am a complete sentimentalist when it comes to clothes. I have so many memories attached to them that I can't throw anything out.
The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.
As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time.
Always remember where we come from, how we got here, and Who led us into the warmth of the sunshine.
I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive.
We praise times past, while we times present use; Yet due the worship which to each we give.
Drew Friedman isn't just a brilliant artist. He takes you to a place. He takes you back in time. He makes you smell the stale cigarettes and cold brisket and you say, thank you for the pleasure.
Mayer Hawthorne's old school pop-R&B homages are so meticulous that it's tempting to overrate his pipes.
Which is not to discount everything I've done in my past; everything I have learned tremendously from.
Looking back is a way to sharpen the focus on the things you want to change in your life. I think there's something about nostalgia that really puts a fine point on the here-and-now, and that can be incredibly fascinating and interesting and engaging for the mind.
Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.
History is so fleeting and we are so busy consuming media and the contemporary culture, voraciously gobbling it up, that we have no room to look back ever, and our young people have a tough time looking back.
It wasn't until I was in that world, directing shows and movies, that I realized basically my job is to give back to another generation what the generation before me gave to me.
'Old Fashioned' can expect strong interest because it taps into a universal human longing.
There are no Hallmark cards that define the next chapter, or the value of a history together.
I took Laura on a trip once where we followed the Immigrant Trail for about six hundred miles. She really learned a lesson. People forget too often how it was back then.
Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been.
Children don't mind when something was made - they don't discriminate in that way. I tape very early episodes of 'Rainbow' and 'Trumpton' for my son and watch them with him. He loves them. 'Trumpton' was made in 1967, but he still watches it like it's brand new.
I'm a big tradition guy. If you love this country and study history, then you will love Boston.
