#backed

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals. ↗

— Ellis Peters

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It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#direct #i #involvement #off #personally

With our first two records we backed ourselves into a hole musically. ↗

— Daniel Johns

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Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were backed with conviction. ↗

— Barry Sanders

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Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong. ↗

— Curt Schilling

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I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems. ↗

— Donna Shalala

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Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

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I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in '94, and after that I did Tommy's tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I've just kind of backed off a little. ↗

— Elvis Stojko

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