#backed

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#authorities #backed #black #few #i

Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#came #carter #crisis #did #down

The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#agency #away #backed #conducting #difficulties

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#backed #enthusiasm #flaming #frequently #horse

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking! ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#backed #because #came #drinking #else

My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#childhood #cotton #cotton fields #fields #home

Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well. ↗

— Art Linkletter

#come #had #hoop #i #ideas

I think the thing that I admire about Rick Santorum is that he hasn't backed down or apologized one bit for his personal religious views, for standing up for social conservative values. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#admire #apologized #backed #bit #conservative

Yes, we were looking for a Faith spin-off, but then Faith backed down. Eliza got a really wonderful offer over on Fox in a show, and, for reasons I didn't talk to her about, she decided to go there, and everyone respects that. ↗

— James Marsters

#backed #decided #down #everyone #faith

When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#backed #boss #called #could #down