History lived forward, written backward; Two chances: slim and none

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HISTORY IS LIVED FORWARD AND WRITTEN BACKWARD

HISTORY + LIVED FORWARD + BACKWARDS--250 Google hits, 231 Google Groups hits
HISTORY + LIVE FORWARD + BACKWARD--365 Google hits, 22 Google Groups hits

   "Mr. Chairman, we all know that history is lived forward and written 
backward" said Madeleine Albright at the 9-11 Commission Hearings on Tuesday.
   THE DAILY SHOW's Jon Stewart thought about this last night.  "I think 
that's Hebrew!" he said.
   The phrase is sometimes "written backward(s)" or "read backward(s)" or 
"understood backward(s)" or "examined backward(s)."  Sometimes "forward" is first 
and other times "backward(s)" is first.
   Sometimes it's credited to Dame C. Veronica Wedgwood and somes it's 
credited to Soren Kierkegaard.
    Fred Shapiro will surely sort this out.  

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The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History  
Book by Don Oberdorfer; Addison-Wesley, 1997    
Subjects:   Korea (South)--History--1960-1988, Korea (South)--History--1988-, 
Korea (North)--History  
...in my earlier works, I was inspired by a quotation from Dame C. Veronica 
Wedgwood, a British historian -- "History is written backward but lived 
forward. Those who know the end of the story can never know what it was like at the 
time." What follows...    

Divine Violence: Spectacle, Psychosexuality & Radical Christianity in the 
Argentine "Dirty War"   
Book by Frank Graziano; Westview Press, 1992    
Subjects:   State-Sponsored Terrorism--Argentina--History--20th Century, 
Violence--Argentina--History--20th Century, Torture--Argentina--History--20th 
Century, Social Psychology--Argentina, Argentina--Politics And 
Government--1955-1983   
...Chapters 2 through 5) that manifests and constitutes it as "a language in 
the process of formation." 7 1. History is lived forward but read backward . 
What the actors in any given historical sequence live as an "open work" 
characterized by... 

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Don Oberdorfer on The Paula Gordon Show
... Oberdorfer bows to renowned British historian Dame Veronica Wedgewood
who said, “History is written backward but lived forward. ... 
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Pioneer Press | 03/25/2004 | 9/11 COMMISSION: Panel provides ...
... Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said it best in her 
testimony before
the 9/11 commission Tuesday: History is lived forward and written backward. 
... 
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As Various As Their Land: The Everyday Lives of Eighteenth-Century ...
... Using the Revolutionary War as an example, the author points out that: 
"...while
history is written backward, it is lived forward, and for the people who ... 
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freedomforum.org: Opening address: 'History denied: restricting ...
... assassinated. Nixon didn’t know he would have to resign. It has always
been said that history is lived forward and written backward. I ... 
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Statement of Richard Reeves on Presidential Records
... assassinated. Nixon didn't know he would have to resign. It has always
been said that history is lived forward and written backward. With ... 
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CNN.com - Transcripts
... this. Stay with us. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ALBRIGHT: Mr. Chairman, we all
know that history is lived forward and written backward. What ... 
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canadiancomment
... .. Mr Chairman, we all know that history is lived forward and written 
backward.
Much seems obvious now that was less clear prior to 11 September. ... 
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algfront
... FIDUCIARIES, MEASURES, OPTIMIZATION, TOPOLOGY, HISTORY, LIFE, & ... Life 
can only be
understood backwards, but must be lived forward ," Sören Kierkegaard. ... 
Description: A personal view of algebra and its relationship to economics.
Category: Science > Math > Algebra > High School
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Looking Backwards: Rosemary Passantino's paper
Looking backwards: Human memories in hypertexts. ... Graham sees the angel of 
history
propelled into the ... Kiekegaard agreed - "life is lived forward, but 
understood ... 
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Athabasca University offers a variety of undergraduate History ...
... perhaps, you should consider taking history because the ... Kierkegaard, 
if life must
be lived forward, it can only be comprehended backwards, retrospectively. ... 

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of Humanity --- The Spiritual Background of Human ...
... Rudolf Steiner The Spiritual Background of Human History Fifteen Lectures 
... Kierkegaard
that "Life can only be lived forward and understood backwards." I'm ... 
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famous quotes from famous people.
... of peace. ", History. Kierkegaard, Soren, "Life must be understood
backwards. But it must be lived forward. ", Experience. Kierkegaard ... 
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TWO CHANCES--SLIM AND NONE

TWO CHANCES + SLIM + NONE--520 Google hits, 832 Google Groups hits
TWO CHANCES + SLIM + NONE + AND SLIM--126 Google hits, 151 Google Groups hits

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Oxford Student: 30th October 2003: Peter's on Pulse
... conversion, some of the New players probably heard Don King's words 
ringing in their
ears - "You've got two chances: Slim and None. And Slim just left town". ... 
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Chick Hearn - Wikipedia
... below.'; "He has two chances, slim and none, and slim just left the 
building":
The player has no chance of success with this play. "The ... 
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Re: Up sh\*\* creek without a paddle, etc.
... Nunn used to be the name of a department store here in Australia) Well, 
the way
I see it, son, you've got just two chances: Slim and none. And Slim just left 
... 
rec.humor - Jan 21, 1994 by ALAN WRIGHT VEROSTICK - View Thread (4 articles)

Re: 'Huskers (from across the border)
... FSU in Orange Bowl: Two chances for Nebraska to win-slim and none. (and 
Slim's out
of town) Sorry to be saying it, but I don't know if anybody- including Pope 
... 
rec.sport.football.college - Nov 10, 1993 by Paul L Pearson - View Thread (12 
articles)

calculus book on disk
Index Number: 28342 There are two chances you'll ever find this book.
They're slim and none and slim left town about 100 years ago. ... 
misc.handicap - Mar 26, 1993 by Jude DaShiell - View Thread (1 article)

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Lima News - 9/20/1961   
...TWO CHANCES to break the record tonight. SLIM and NONE. "You know whal it 
takes to hit.....collected .one infield single, a walk and TWO "loud" fouls in 
nine trips to the plate.....each time someone asks Ivm to evaluate his 
CHANCES of smashing Ruth's record within th-j.....Ok, then. That's what I'm going 
by." Only SLIM Chance Off Man's' showing Tuesday night..
Lima, Ohio Wednesday, September 20, 1961  758 k     

Valley Independent - 7/19/1962  
...Rodgers at 15-1. Barber described his TWO CHANCES as "very SLIM and NONE 
all." Manager.....champion Jerry Barber, who said he had "TWO CHANCES" in this 
big one, and little.....They also had played together in the first TWO rounds 
of the U. S. Open last month and.....after that winning streak and was out for 
TWO weeks and then Don Leppert banged up his..
Monessen, Pennsylvania Thursday, July 19, 1962  681 k       

Valley Independent - 1/20/1962  
...runs and doesn't bear out I've got TWO CHANCES. .SLIM and NONE at all." 
Stengel.....hole medal play tournament. They will play TWO rounds each day in 
threesomes. .Sam is.....their unbeaten streaks in Saturday night's SLIM 
schedule, curtailed by semester.....Wichita, meets Idaho for the second game in TWO 
nights at Moscow. Second-ranked..
Monessen, Pennsylvania Saturday, January 20, 1962  706 k    

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Frederick Post - 2/6/1986   
...already passed the MarylAND Senate have TWO CHANCES in the House Judiciary 
Committee.....SLIM "AND NONE. AND SLIM just left town. Members wfll.....six 
newly minted coins TWO half-dollars, TWO silver dollars AND TWO gold 
pieces.....I carry all the time. It has not one but TWO blades. The big blade is almost 
TWO..
Frederick, Maryland Thursday, February 06, 1986  587 k      