- 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
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I came back on the rink in 2012, I set a goal of wrapping up my career well rather than just winning medals. I'm not preparing for any special skills for Sochi because I don't feel like they are necessary.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in 1995, I saw an incredible wave coming. The Internet. I knew I needed to be a part of it no matter what I did.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The important thing is, you must give back. As good as you've been given, you must do for others as well. Somebody helped you. Who can you help, too?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heavy metal is the enemy. Everybody but me keeps going back and forth between metal and punk, but I'm narrow-minded and a purist. I'd never mess with it.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of the technologies we've invented are necessary to keep 6.5 billion people alive. We can't go back from that, so we need to decarbonize really rapidly.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
These were the moments when I was disappointed and frustrated, when I got so low because it seemed all my hard work had been wasted. But the moments passed, and the motivation to go back to rehab was there again.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out in New York, and New York has a way of countering a Southern accent, naturally; when I moved to Los Angeles for a job, and I just stayed, the dialect out here doesn't really counter, and my Southern started coming back.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've picked up a lot of injuries, and there's been games when I've looked back and watched and thought, 'I could have done this better,' 'I could have done that better.'
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ripped off half my hair with a waxing strip, and it didn't grow back for, like, 5 months.
- Nov 07, 2020