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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.

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The Americans stabbed in the back the forces that worked to bring about the collapse of Saddam's regime and wanted to keep Iraq a sovereign country.

Quotes by Ahmed Chalabi

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With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting something. In many ways, I've said everything in the song. And either I can't go back to what it was because it's changing...

Quotes by Agnes Obel

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A lot of times you can lose the MP3s - it's a lot of labor to be finding it again, putting things back up. You gotta back up, back up, back up.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

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I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and I have no carbons.

Quotes by Adrienne Rich

Always Quotes

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I clip hand sanitizer to my purse. I used to be a babysitter back in the day, so I got germaphobic.

Quotes by Adrienne C. Moore

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In Brazil, we don't have Victoria's Secret, and my family are all Victoria's Secret fans, so I usually bring them back some lovely pieces.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

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To me, recording with live instruments and tape takes things back to an older sound that I like but that's still fresh.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

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'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

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I would honestly be elated if I could wave a magic wand and eradicate my back catalog and then have a fresh crack at some of those ideas.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

Go Quotes

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I had relatives who would go to Japan and bring back random stuff they bought at the airport or whatever - 'Ultraman' and 'Speed Racer,' stuff like that.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

Some quotes here treat 'back' as literal return, others as ongoing support or fallback habit, which is what keeps this topic from feeling one-note. For related themes about moving forward instead, browse Go or Look.