Future not what used to be (1961); No future in time travel (1987); Cards & Chess (1988)

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THE FUTURE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE

FUTURE + WHAT IT USED TO BE--60,500 Google hits, 14,500 Google Groups hits

   Did Paul Valery coin this?  When?


 (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
The Future Is Not What It Used To Be'
By GRACE GLUECK. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Nov 30, 1969. p. D22 (1 page)


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Valley Independent - 7/12/1961
...Well, the younger generation's not WHAT IT USED TO BE. "Please, fellas, please isn't.....democratic form of g o v e rnment, Turkey's FUTURE remains indoubt. IT was on May 27.....TO help relieve a shortage of the metal USED in construction of airplanes and other.....not always wITh unITy, and from the FUTURE intent of Turkey's armed forces. Cost..
Monessen, Pennsylvania Wednesday, July 12, 1961  700 k

Valley Independent - 8/16/1961
...FUTURE so that IT doesn't revert TO WHAT IT USED TO BE." At the same time, BEllis wanted.....tremendous joh. Every step should BE taken TO properly police the field and maintain IT.....Parkmen on Spot In Monessen CL Champi Win TO Stay Alive; Ravins Overpower Page's, 10-2.....the Ozarks "have a TOugh nut TO crack." "IT's going TO cost something like TO put the..
Monessen, Pennsylvania Wednesday, August 16, 1961  661 k

Nevada State Journal - 8/19/1962
...FUTURE, as IT has BEen said, is no longer WHAT IT USED TO BE." Fifteen, 20 years ago.....IT USED TO BE considered pretty shocking that.....then, will not BE solved unless IT goes TO court. The answer TO the question, "WHAT.....chooses, IT certainly can ignore IT, and urge Mrs. Armstrong TO go TO court TO..
Reno, Nevada Sunday, August 19, 1962  644 k

Sheboygan Press - 2/25/1966
...111. His TOpic was FUTURE Is Not WHAT IT USED TO BE. .5 Million SuIT Filed ainst.....fag by Dr. J. Martin KTOtsefce, education USED TO BE a kucmy; in the workl of TOmorrow.....TO find common ground wITh every class; TO know when TO speak, TO listen TO converse.....was IT so important for the cITizenry BE informed and prepared TO act He charged..
Sheboygan, Wisconsin Friday, February 25, 1966  671 k


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http://www.chemistrycoach.com/time.htm
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Paul Valery

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NO FUTURE IN TIME TRAVEL

NO FUTURE IN TIME TRAVEL--982 Google hits, 1,010 Google groups hits

   This one is a favorite of various compilations.  It's almost always by "anonymous."


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Re: Upgrade your Mac 512 now!
... art; my apologies to the net. << there's no future in time travel,
don't 'cher know? >> -- Robert Stanley decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer ...
comp.sys.mac - Apr 24, 1987 by Robert Stanley - View Thread (10 articles)

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WHEN YOU'RE FINALLY HOLDING ALL THE CARDS, EVERYONE PLAYS CHESS

HOLDING ALL THE CARDS + CHESS--930 Google hits, 1,680 Google Groups hits

   The story of my life.


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More short things
... The Wall Street Journal today: Ever notice, when finally you9ve got to a position
where you9re holding all the cards, that everybody else is playing chess? ...
rec.humor - Feb 20, 1991 by Henry Cate III - View Thread (2 articles)


(FACTIVA)
Pepper...and Salt
75 words
14 November 1988
The Wall Street Journal
English
(Copyright (c) 1988, Dow Jones & Co., Inc.)

No Rules

Ever have the feeling that in life, when you're finally holding all the cards, everyone else is playing chess?

-- Gil Stern.



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