Looking Back Quotes - Page 12

• I'm just always looking forwards. I spend very little time, looking backwards.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Inspirational, Littles, Looking Forward

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• Like the Sweetness of Gardenias Mother, you died 15 years ago. pain, a rapier, cut until, finally, there was just peace like the sweetness of gardenias in the crystal vase on your yellow kitchen table. so fragrant. your voice lingers in my ear reminding, scolding, guiding a pleasant mantra of tenderness, magic words that move my palms, your palms. together we are molding, helping, creating. in the mirror I see your eyes, your beautiful brown circles looking back, so radiant. "don't forget me," you whispered the day you died. I won't.

  Wallace Stevens

  Beautiful, Mother, Peace

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• As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

  Simon Newcomb

  New Year, Memorial Day, Adversity

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• I was a goth girl in high school. Perhaps the powdered white face and the black lipstick were not the most attractive. I felt fabulous at the time but looking back, uh, probably not the best idea.

  Christina Hendricks

  Girl, School, White

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• Right now, you know, it's not about the refs or anything else, it's about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.

  Bill Walton

  Basketball, Running, Hitting

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• God's Word will never pass away, but looking back to the Old Testament and since the time of Christ, with tears we must say that because of lack of fortitude and faithfulness on the part of God's people, God's Word has many times been allowed to be bent, to conform to the surrounding, passing, changing culture of that moment rather than to stand as the inerrant Word of God judging the form of the world spirit and the surrounding culture of that moment. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, may our children and grandchildren not say that such can be said about us.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Jesus, Children, Names

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• We find ourselves in that situation where we want to believe, we want to think we're the exception, we want to think we can change someone or tame a lion or make a bad guy good or something like that but 9 times out of 10 we end up looking back going, "Oh, shame on me, should've seen that one coming!"

  Taylor Swift

  Believe, Thinking, Guy

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• I look into my heart and see the abyss looking back at me.' 'I won't let you fall.

  Nalini Singh

  Fall, Heart, Looks

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4”, p.427, Penguin

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• The best thing is looking back and realizing how good life is. If you don't take the time to think about it and analyze it, you'll never realize all the dots that are connected.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Dream, Good Life, Thinking

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• I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are there, in everything I am, in everything I've ever done, and looking back, I know that I should have told you know much you've always meant to me.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Wedding, Should Have, Trying

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jun 01, 2012

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• Yelena.” I halted in the doorway, looking back over my shoulder. “You once said I wasn’t ready to believe your reason for killing Reyad. I’ll believe you now.” “But I’m not ready to tell you,” I said and left the room.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Believe, Doorways, Rooms

  Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, p.232, MIRA

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• The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.

  Alyson Noel

  Motivational, Change, Moving On

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.217, Pan Macmillan

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• In the near future we will not be looking back at the early church with envy because of the great exploits of those days, but all will be saying that He certainly did save His best wine for last. The most glorious times in all of history have not come upon us. You, who have dreamed of one day being able to talk with Peter, John and Paul, are going to be surprised to find that they have all been waiting to talk to you.

  Rick Joyner

  Wine, Envy, Waiting

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• Looking back on myself as a little kid, I see seeds of entrepreneurship.

  Joshua Greenberg

  Kids, Littles, Entrepreneurship

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• If you happen to live in Korea, you might always suffer from anger towards people in power, because of political and social problems. I felt gloomy under this social dictatorship. Looking back, I feel like I never saw a sunrise in Seoul.

  Kim Hyesoon

  Korea, People, Political

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'm very tired of staring out into your vacant faces looking back at me. Wanting to fill your empty lives with humor you couldn't possibly think of yourself... Good evening!

  Bill Hicks

  Tired, Thinking, Empty Life

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• Immigrants who voluntarily come to a country have already made a decision to assimilate to one degree or another. Probably not completely, but they've committed to the place, and they know that they need to make certain kinds of concessions. They change themselves in some way to fit in. They're looking forward as much as they're still looking backward.

  Nguyen Viet Thang

  Country, Decision, Needs

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Looking back on a 30-year teaching career full of rewards and prizes, somehow I can't completely believe that I spent my time on earth institutionalized; I can't believe that centralized schooling is allowed to exist at all as a gigantic indoctrination and sorting machine, robbing people of their children. Did it really happen? Was this my life? God help me.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Children, Believe, Teaching

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• We both [with Alixandra Kolesky MacKenzie] got into ceramics, you might say, by the back door. Looking back on it, I think this was a very good thing.

  Warren MacKenzie

  Thinking, Doors, Ceramics

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• Looking back on it now, I understand why that was not possible [to express ourselves], because the pottery employed a dozen people, not all of whom are making pots. And these people had families, children, and they had to have a wage that would allow them to raise their family and they had to get a paycheck every Friday afternoon. So if we had not made pots that would sell it, would not have been possible for these people to be employed.

  Warren MacKenzie

  Friday, Children, People

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's. Looking back, I obviously had a great sense of vision. And I was right.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Running, Men, Vision

  Source: runningmagazine.ca

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• I always take the same perspective with each new adventure. I put myself in the position of being at the end of my life looking back. Then I ask myself if what I am doing is important to me.

  Reinhold Messner

  Adventure, Perspective, Important

  "Reinhold Messner: this much I know". Interview with Ed Douglas, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2003.

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• So Americans do want their presidents, by and large, you want them to be people who get things done and have experience. That's going to be Trump's big disadvantage going into this election, because people are going to be looking back and saying, we've got the guy without the experience who said the things that sounded good. And guess what? That hasn't worked out for us too well.

  Karl Rove

  People, Guy, President

  "Administration Avoiding FOX, Willie Nelson's Arrest; 'Teen Mom' Star Attacks Woman - Part 2". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 30, 2011.

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• Looking back, I didn't realize until years later what a huge influence Red Skelton was in my stage demeanor with the band. I mean, I always liked things that were funny, and later I realized that having a sly sense of humor was a way to get attention and even respect in school.

  Jello Biafra

  School, Mean, Years

  Interview with Jodi Vander Molen, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. February 1, 2002.

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• I probably sensed the serious formality of the ceremonies and felt what others were feeling then. Looking back, I'd guess that it had opened up a gaping hole in my psyche. In the process of creating art, I might be trying to fill that hole, or to reduce its depth, or to make it feel less hollow. I think that making art could have helped from that moment on.

  Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

  Art, Thinking, Creating

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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