'Facts of Life' was and continues to be a milestone on my journey. But when people act like the journey ended when 'Facts of Life' ended, that's annoying. I could never and would never want to divorce myself from it because it was such a great experience from so many different facets.
The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
Climb up the ladder! Climb up the ladder! Are you stupid?!
You know, I try not to look back, because looking forward is so much better than looking backward.
You need to keep looking forward; don't ever look back.
Percy climbed the first step, then the next, remembering the thousands of times she'd run through the door, in a hurry to get to the future, to whatever was coming next, to this moment.
I'd rather look to the future than to the past.
Move on up towards your destination
I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.
What signifies the ladder, provided one rise and attain the end?
To go upstairs in the word house is to withdraw step by step; while to go down to the cellar is to dream.
I started out in a two-room apartment in Brooklyn and thought, 'Never again.'