I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.
In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,' and they abandon their values.
I'm always disappointed when people don't live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.
The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
Good looks are not something you earn. But as you get older, how you look is a reflection of the life you've led.
People don't realize the great happiness there is in living to be very old and together all the time.
Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore.
Too many people dwell on the past: the thing is to get on with life.
Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.
People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.
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