looking back
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As time moves forward, “But What I Really Want to Do Is Direct” becomes a Proustian story of a man who had everything, lost it, and looking back, shows himself to be a melancholy romantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
I ask him if, looking back, he would have designed the policy differently.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
“I should have known better,” he said, looking back at the financial land mines laid by the cash advances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Perkins envisaged an investor in 2030, looking back on 2026 as the year when things started to look a bit rotten below the surface.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
I remember making fun of her for it when I was younger … but looking back, it was pretty cool.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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