I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.

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I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye. - John Irving

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I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye. - Mary Kay Ash quotes