- Colors
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stand Quotes
What people choose to stand for, or against.
One of the more direct stand quotes here is geopolitical, pointing out plainly that Kyiv lacked the firepower needed to hold off Moscow without outside support. For related conviction and voice, see Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Idly
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we stand idly by while states legalize bigotry, we are responsible for allowing it to happen.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have this misconception that I'm going to beat them up when I meet them. But it's like... no. Just 'cause I stand up for myself, and I'm honest, that doesn't mean I'm going to beat people up all the time.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just find 'Scooby-Doo' unwatchable. I can't stand it. I like all those other Hanna-Barbera shows about a thousand times more than 'Scooby-Doo.'
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate Showtime, I can't stand those guys.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we do our job right, then we have everything to stand on. If we don't do our job, we have everything to lose on.
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've followed Tegan and Sara's music for quite a while, and I've been a fan of them and what they do and what they stand for. We've run into each other at one or two festivals over the years, and I kind of fanned out on them.
- Forbidding
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- Nov 07, 2020
A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people who had created the scenarios they sought protection from. Or it would leave juries without the proper rules of engagement that ought govern predictable human interactions.
- Secret
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secret Service agents wear suits to blend in with presidential visits, not stand out.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020