Backing Down Quotes

• Standing up for what you believe in comes at a price but backing down exacts a toll that your soul never stops paying

  Lee Goldberg

  Believe, Soul, Tolls

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• I'm backing down now. I really do love you. That's why I'm doing this.

  Richelle Mead

  Love You, Vampire Academy, Last Sacrifice

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.1299, Penguin

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• Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance. Products, services, career paths... whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it's over

  Seth Godin

  Careers, Errors, Effort

  Seth Godin (2012). “Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.27, Penguin

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• I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply:
  men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty,
  never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.

  John Wayne

  Real, Fighting, Men

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.53, Taylor Trade Publications

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• We're on record. We're part of the crusade. We're not backing down.

  Julian Fantino

  Records, Crusades

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• There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go on a quest. I’ve always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I’m not backing down from it. I’m not going home until it’s complete.

  Holly Black

  Home, People, Goes On

  Holly Black (2013). “Doll Bones”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• People are demanding their rights and not backing down and I hope that change is on the horizon and change will come to Ethiopia soon, so I don't have even go that far to seek a U.S. citizenship.

  Feyisa Lilesa

  Rights, People, Horizon

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's a person, or two people, who have an absolutely monomaniacal passion to get these films made. That's what makes them happen. Sometimes, it takes years and years to finally get it done, but by never backing down, by never giving up, they get these films to the screen by hook or by crook.

  William H. Macy

  Giving Up, Independent, Passion

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I hear people saying we don't need this war, I say there's some things worth fighting for. What about our freedom and this piece of ground, we didn't get to keep them by backing down.

  Darryl Worley

  War, Fighting, People

  "Song: "Have You Forgotten"". 2003.

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• You know, before we all started having health care, in the olden days our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor, they would say I'll paint your house.  I mean, that's the old days of what people would do to get health care with your doctors. Doctors are very sympathetic people. I'm not backing down from that system.

  Sue Lowden

  Mean, Doctors, People

  "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" with Lawrence O'Donnell, www.nbcnews.com. April 21, 2010.

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• In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.

  Bill Vaughan

  President, Momentum, Republican

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• Donald Trump's not backing down. Yesterday he said he doesn't need to be lectured by the other Republican candidates, who he says have no business running for president. Not to be confused with Donald Trump, who ran for president and now has no business.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Running, Confused, Yesterday

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• I'll be firm," I promised Patch, adopting a no-nonsense expression. "No backing down." By now Patch was full-on grinning. He kissed me again, and I felt my mouth soften its resolve. "You look cute when you're trying to be tough," he said.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Cute, Expression, Trying

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; Finale”, p.1245, Simon and Schuster

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• I am not backing down on medical marijuana; I am doubling down.

  Sanjay Gupta

  Marijuana, Medical, Medical Marijuana

  "Gupta: 'I am doubling down' on medical marijuana". edition.cnn.com. March 6, 2014.

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• You're right, Halt,' she said, and he nodded acklowledgement of her backing down. 'Nice to hear someone else saying that for a change,' Will said cheerfully. 'Seems like I've said those words an awful lot in my time.' Halt turned a bleak gaze on him. 'And you've always been right.

  John Flanagan

  Nice, Awful, Halt

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• Backing down can become a way of life.

  Oliver James

  Way, Raise Your Voice

  "Fictional character: Jay Corgan". "Raise Your Voice", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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