- Just
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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
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I would go back and change anything that's happened in my career, because maybe those things were steppingstones to where I am now.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.
- Emergency
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mobile notifications put people in a state of perpetual emergency interruption - similar to what 911 operators and air traffic controllers experienced back in the '70s and '80s.
- Psychedelic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since Willie Nelson brought rednecks into an alliance with hippies back in the psychedelic '70s, Austin has milked its quirky libertarian spirit for a worldwide bonanza of free publicity.
- Drawing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If D-Day - the greatest amphibious operation ever undertaken - failed, there would be no going back to the drawing board for the Allies. Regrouping and attempting another massive invasion of German-occupied France even a few months later in 1944 wasn't an option.
- Heard
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020