- 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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked with a man named Patty Crane who was Errol Flynn's stand-in back in the '30s in Hollywood.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really excited to be bringing back 'Open All Hours.' I am sure there is an audience out there who would like to see what Granville has been getting up to in the corner shop.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When someone unloads on me, I keep my head moving; I don't freeze. I punch back with them. The occasion never gets to me. Not one bit. I enjoy it.
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The packaging of Led Zeppelin's IV doesn't have the name of the band, doesn't have the name of the album: It's got a guy on the cover with a load of sticks on his back. This record didn't quite get to No. 1 in the United States - it went to No. 2 - but stayed on the charts for years and years and years.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the 1980s, state-of-the-nation fictions were all set in Manhattan. Now, they're all in Trump country. Early in 'S-Town,' we're introduced to an actual maze, every branch of which leads to a further junction. This may also be a metaphor.
- Enlarging
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've almost been wiped out as a species many times, going back millions of years, and we've survived by reinventing ourselves and enlarging our circles of awareness, inventing new technologies and social structures.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to bring love handles and eating sandwiches back.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do know in the 1960s comics, Martian Manhunter took on the form of a black man - that could have been influenced by the political climate back then.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would make the case that the vast majority of prisoners leave prison and go back into society. We share that society with them and what sort of people do we want them to be.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there's a demon there, and it goes back to her childhood.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Would we prefer to be lifting it? Of course we would. You can't look back, we have to look forward and say what are we going to do get it back next year.
- Fitness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have found a flat on Merseyside and am settling down here. If I can keep playing and get back to full match fitness, I know I have a lot to offer still.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020