- Big Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back Quotes
Words about returning, backing up, and standing behind what matters.
This collection gathers lines built around the small word 'back' in surprisingly different contexts: political leverage handed back to Congress, actors returning from a shoot, and even a beauty routine built on backing up one step with another. See more reflective lines in our Always collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a very, very diverse neighborhood back home in Maryland. And when I see that on TV shows, it makes me want to watch it, personally. I just gravitate towards that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been the guy to sit back and wait until someone approved something I was passionate about.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had injuries - even when I was younger, I had problems with my back. I had to grow up very fast.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in front of Congress, along with the major agencies involved with this.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was Hillary in '08. I love Obama, but I was Hillary first, so I was happy to be back there with her again.
- Stop
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Spanish Civil War, Britain was not involved in it. Going back a bit, there was the naval blockade to stop the slave trade in the 19th century; that was morally just. Shame they didn't bother to abolish slavery at the same time.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.
- Teen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started working as a movie writer and a movie producer... all the way back to 'Teen Wolf' and 'Commando.' All of those experiences, plus working both at DC and at Marvel - each of those things are bricks in the wall.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have also just finished three weeks on a soap opera in England. The soap opera is a rather famous one called Crossroads. It was first on television 25 years ago, and it has recently been brought back. I play the part of a businessman called David Wheeler.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do believe sadly it's going to take some diseases coming back to realize that we need to change and develop vaccines that are safe.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020