- 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 had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress.
- Dearly
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- Nov 07, 2020
A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't take any of my injuries back; I feel like I'm stronger as an athlete because of all those setbacks.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the human race.
- Advertising
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the back of my head, I always thought it would be great to become an actress on a sitcom.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
We owned what we learned back there; the experience and the growth are grafted into our lives.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
This season is a lot funnier, not as dark, mainly because, well, she has accepted the fact that she is dead. She knows she cannot go back to where she was when she was alive.
- Kick
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- Nov 07, 2020
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was back in 2011 that everything changed. I was not a healthy eater at all. Up until that point, I was a student and a complete sugar addict.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020