#looking back

I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but it's also someone who's looking back. I like that kind of double vision. ↗

— Denis Johnson

#back #double #first #i #kind

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#class #half #i #last #last year

Almost all of your life is lived by the seat of your pants, one unexpected event crashing into another, with no pattern or reason, and then you finally reach a point, around my age, where you spend more time than ever looking back. Why did this happen? Look where that led? You see the shape of things. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#almost #another #around #back #crashing

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#back #busy #constantly #cow #cry

Looking back, I think that's why I did music. I'd get home from school and the house would be so quiet. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

#did #get #home #house #i

No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back. ↗

— Junior Seau

#excuses #full #i #life #looking

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. ↗

— Gail Devers

#back #believe #five #gone #i

Looking back I find it hard to believe that I could forge a career in anything other than football but I didn't do too badly in my final exams and there were a few business-related courses that interested me. ↗

— Kenny Cunningham

#back #badly #believe #career #could

Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#back #cuba #europe #forgotten #grandparents

During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland. ↗

— Augusto Pinochet

#deep #discipline #during #duty #heart