Quotes with stand

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  • Bob Parsons What I learned from Rockefeller that's off-the-hook important is: You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves.
    Bob Parsons
    American entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist (1950 - )
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  • Barry Humphries What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Mark Twain What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows - it must grow; nothing can prevent it.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Carolyn Chute What poor people go through, it's amazing they don't do more violent things! If they'd just give you a little dignity, it might help you stand it better. They suffer no heat, no electricity, while you're working, but then you've got to face all the insults, too.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • Bernie Sanders What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Bill Moyers What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.
    Bill Moyers
    American journalist (1934 - )
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  • Bob Barr When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Beryl Bainbridge When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly.
    Beryl Bainbridge
    English writer (1932 - 2010)
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  • Bonnie Wright When I put something on, and I stand up much straighter, that's when I love to wear clothes.
    Bonnie Wright
    English actress, model and activist (1991 - )
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  • Erma Bombeck When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, ''I used everything you gave me.''.
    Erma Bombeck
    American writer (1927 - 1996)
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  • Josh Billings When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Mark Twain When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But, when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Mark Twain When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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