Their pasts influence their present -and ours.

When asked if his father's criminal past had influenced him to go into law enforcement, Mr. Giuliani replied, "I'm sure it did."

DeMeyer's past has influenced her career, leading her to write for, and about, Native American tribes across the country.

Although the N.L.'s manager, Jack McKeon, is aware that Clemens and Piazza have had confrontations on the field, he said their past would not influence his choice of a starting pitcher.

"But I don't think my criminal past has influenced him at all to get mixed up in terrorism."

Hansberry's personal past, values, and involvement with ideological movements heavily influenced thematic elements in her plays.

"Sisters" may raise the question of which one was left on the doorstep, but it is based on a convincing notion of sisterhood: all will be forgiven, nothing will be forgotten, the past still influences the present.

This quote illustrates Orwell's understanding of how the past can influence both ideology and politics, offers a counterpoint as to why protecting the scholarly practice of history is important, and describes the extreme effects of state-sponsored censorship.

Bathurst Agricultural Museum: Discover how the past has influenced the future!

He often creates mysteries that are very psychological in nature, with the past of characters influencing their present actions, as in 4 mosche di velluto grigio, Tenebrae, Trauma and La sindrome di Stendhal.