Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

再次说明的是，你在向前展望的时候不可能将这些片断串连起来；你只能在回顾的时候将点点滴滴串连起来。

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You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

只有往后看时你才能连接它们，所以你必需相信点将在你的未来以某种方式连接。

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Of course it was impossible to connect thedots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, veryclear looking backwards ten years later.

当然我在大学的时候，还不可能把从前的点点滴滴串连起来,但是当我十年后回顾这一切的时候,真的豁然开朗了。

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When asked about possible investigations, President Obama has said anyone who committed crimes should be prosecuted, but that his focus is on looking forward, not backwards.

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But,the history of Royalism is not--it goes beyond that, and there was a strong Royalist movement, as I've already suggested, and it wasn't just people looking backwards.

但是君主主义者们克服了这点,发起了一场强有力的保皇主义运动,就如我之前表示的,这不仅仅是人们在追溯过去

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But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

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You know, it's not a function just of looking backwards, it's a function of looking forwards and how are we going to be making a series of decisions in a very dangerous world.

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