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title: "2 Backward Quotes By Coleman Young"
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> [You can't look forward and backward...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/you-can-t-look-forward-and-backward/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/coleman-young-41652_african-american_you-can-t-look-forward-and-backward-1499_1499136.png)

> [You can't look forward and backward at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/you-can-t-look-forward-and-backward-at-the-same-time/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/coleman-young-41652_backward_you-can-t-look-forward-and-backward-at-t_2448822.png)

## Other authors on Backward

## More by Coleman Young

> [Courage is one step ahead of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/courage-is-one-step-ahead-of-fear/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [Racism is like high blood pressure—the person who has it doesn’t know he has it until he drops over with a God damned stroke.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/racism-is-like-high-blood-pressure-the-person-who-has-it-doesn-t-know/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [We need to dream big dreams, propose grandiose means if we are to recapture the excitement, the vibrancy, and pride we once had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/we-need-to-dream-big-dreams-propose-grandiose-means-if-we-are-to/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/swearing-is-an-art-form-you-can-express-yourself-much-more-exactly/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [We must take the profit out of prejudice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/we-must-take-the-profit-out-of-prejudice/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/i-ve-learned-over-a-period-of-years-there-are-setbacks-when-you-come/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [You can't look forward and backward...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/you-can-t-look-forward-and-backward/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [“Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more directly, much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/swearing-is-an-art-form-you-can-express-yourself-much-more-directly/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/there-is-no-brilliant-single-stroke-that-is-going-to-transform-the/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

> [You can't look forward and backward at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-young/you-can-t-look-forward-and-backward-at-the-same-time/)

[Coleman Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-young/)

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