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A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man.
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All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.
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As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is.
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As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
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For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
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It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away.
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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there too.
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America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty.
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And we love to dance - especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.
Dick Gregory
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As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Being as we know it, the world as we come upon it, stands before us as otherness, remoteness. For all our efforts to exploit or comprehend it, it remains evasive, mysteriously immune. Being is unbelievable.
Who Is Man? (1965) -
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Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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