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Hell is when we look back during that fraction of a second and know that we wasted an opportunity to dignify the miracle of life.… — Paulo Coelho
I faced in myself a passionate and tenacious longing--to put away thought forever, and all the trouble it brings, all but the nearest desire, direct… — John Haines
So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues. — Huston Smith
When historians look back on our century, they may remember it most, not for space travel or the release of nuclear energy, but as the… — Huston Smith
Another side to me is this very sexual being. When I look back on my life, it's always been there. It's been there since I… — Janet Jackson
The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . . . Nations of dependent Indians,… — Edward Everett
As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat. — James Weldon Johnson
You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of this frail world's decay. — Murasaki Shikibu
Human life may be regarded as a succession of frontispieces. The way to be satisfied is never to look back. — William Hazlitt
A day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they'll ask one of two questions. Either they will ask: "what in… — Al Gore
I think you just have to turn it around and say we are at this absolute historical moment. No generation has ever been as powerful… — Unknown Author
Certainly these are not easy times. But history does not contain very many easy times. Years from now, we will look back at this moment--when… — Laura Ingraham
Man makes history; woman is history. The reproduction of the species is feminine: it runs steadily and quietly through all species, animal or human, through… — Oswald Spengler
The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead. — Henry Ford
It is a grueling position (catching). My knees will tell you that. I've had nine knee surgeries. I've had a couple of broken thumbs, one… — Gary Carter
As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way. — Daniel Nathans
Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it… — Eliot Spitzer
Never look back. Move on. Aim high. Etc. — Helen Clark
Do you ever have a day like that, where you just look back and you're like 'why did today happen?' — Toby Turner
There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be… — Dag Hammarskjold
If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then… — Kathy Mattea
No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how many imperfect and jagged - in some places… — Randolph Bourne
We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought… — George Washington
I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase… — Barbara Mikulski
One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the twentieth century. — Jack the Ripper

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