- Love
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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
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one.
- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no god reigned so supreme as the god of literary prose.
- Juice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would run into the corner store, the bodega, and just grab a paper bag or buy juice - anything just to get a paper bag. And I'd write the words on the paper bag and stuff these ideas in my pocket until I got back. Then I would transfer them into the notebook.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been able to win a Grammy and then to come back and get the key to the city of Watts.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted Jordans, but I had to get Rugged Outbacks. I had to take it for what it was worth, but now I'm able to give back and it feels real good.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Microsoft first entered the living room with Ultimate TV way back in 2000 - a year before Apple's first iPod was announced. Ultimate TV offered consumers a DVR and supporting online services, including 14 days of programming and the ability to record 35 hours of programming. Microsoft's reach was then thwarted when Echostar acquired DIRECTV.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm waiting to restore it.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
For every big American movie I've done where I was the supporting guy, I've gone back home to Canada to do supporting movies where I was the lead.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020