Quotes with stand-off

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  • Bob Newhart When I was off TV, people would ask me to please come back, which I think was their way of saying, 'There's nothing out there for us.'
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Carmen Busquets When I was young I would spend more money than I should with my credit card but my father cut it off, so I had to find creative ways of making money.
    Carmen Busquets
    Venezuelan entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor (1965 - )
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  • Bonnie Tyler When I was young, I used to wear a lot of wigs, and I was running on stage at a gig and tripped over and it fell off. It was in the 1970s, and Swansea were doing really well in the league, and most of the team were there. I almost died, but I picked it up, put it back on my head and carried on.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
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  • Adam Sandler When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Bruce Hornsby When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
    Bruce Hornsby
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1954 - )
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  • Walt Whitman When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with such applause in the lecture room, how soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick; Till rising and gliding out, I wandered off by myself, in the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, looked up in perfect silence at the stars.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Nigel Farage When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.
    Nigel Farage
    British politician, activist, political commentator and broadcaster (1964 - )
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  • Bliss Carman When promise and patience are wearing thin, When endurance is almost driven in, When our angels stand in a waiting hush, Remember the Marne and Ferdinand Foch.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • Bob Hope When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Ralph W. Sockman When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, ''That is the real thing.''
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  • Clark Moustakas When we are not honest, we are cut off from a significant resource of ourselves, a vital dimension that is necessary for unity and wholeness.
    Clark Moustakas
    American psychologist (1923 - 2012)
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  • Bob Hope When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Bob Hope When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Barbara Mikulski When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Camille Paglia When women cut themselves off from men, they sink backward into psychological and spiritual stagnancy.
    Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Bode Miller When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Bill Viola When you come into my pieces, it's not an intellectual experience, it's a physical experience. It's coming at your body. There's light, there's sound, the lights in some pieces are going on and off. There's loud roaring sound happening.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Edward Teller When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.
    Edward Teller
    American physicist (1908 - 2003)
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  • Ace Frehley When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Barbara Boxer When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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