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In comedy, looking back is more important than looking around at your contemporaries because they are too much influenced by the same time period as you are.

— David Steinberg

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward.

— Jane Asher

I don't do a lot of looking back; I tend to look ahead.

— Marie Helvin

For me, looking back is akin to being on a tightrope and looking down. It doesn't help you in the present moment to deal with what you have to deal with in order to move forward.

— The Edge

We all know that looking back only gets you into an accident because you're going to run into something without seeing it.

— Paul Michael Glaser

You know, I try not to look back, because looking forward is so much better than looking backward.

— Jim Bakker

I don't much like looking back.

— Walter Hill

I don't spend much time looking back at what happened. I do remember it, but I don't see any purpose of wanting to look back.

— Amitabh Bachchan

✗Opposing Perspectives

'Never look back' is my philosophy.

— Helen Clark

I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.

— Carine Roitfeld

I've always been very forward-looking, and it was actually kind of difficult to turn my gaze backwards to look at comics history.

— Scott McCloud