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He stood and he only had one leg. The other was like a chunk of burnt pine-log he was carrying along as a penance for some obscure sin.
— Ray Bradbury
I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think.
— Coco Chanel
America, and all it had once stood forall he had fought for
was dying ... on life support, and counting. — Patricia Cori
I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.
— Irving Penn
Then it occurred to me: You either waited for someone else to do the right thing, or you stood up and did it yourself.
— Eileen Cook
Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for.
— Nicola Sturgeon
A sullied green "S" stood out on a graying backdrop that made for a road marker up there. We called it the wasteland.
— Katherine McIntyre
No tricks, Syn," Ryder growled from where he stood a few feet away."Tricks are for kids, silly rabbit," I said — Amelia Hutchins
Mr Shabangu stood for a system, fixed in place, in which you knew how to measure who and what was important.
— Imraan Coovadia
Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.
— Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Take pride in your despicable enemies because it means you've stood up for your beliefs.
— Anne Blankman
No matter what historians claimed, BC really stood for Before Coffee.
— Cherise Sinclair
I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.
— Marilyn Monroe
I stood up for myself, reminding Lucas that I was his partner, not his punching bag.
— Brittainy C. Cherry
An ambassador for peace, Pope John Paul II stood steadfast against communism and condemned discrimination against all people.
— Shelley Berkley
For a moment, she stood where she'd landed, like some drunken bee in the vicinity of its preferred blossom.
— Grace Burrowes
The wind went mute and the trees in the forest stood still. It was time for the last tale.
— Lawren Leo
The principles he stood for and the way in which he asserted them were always easier to admire than to follow.
— Shashi Tharoor
It really was true that behind every great man is an even greater woman, which stood true for wolves as well.
— Quinn Loftis
When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
— Ban Ki-moon
It wasn't so bad being a slave when your owner was yourself and stood up for you.
— Orson Scott Card
No one ever found out what was happening inside me. How the pain was eating me away. No one ever came to my rescue, or stood up for me.
— Julie Anne Peters
He stood for a moment, bereavement a sudden, small tear in his soul.
— Diana Gabaldon
Oops! I always thought PETA stood for Please Eat This Animal.
— Stephen Colbert
It was for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills. Sir, if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face?
— Robert Louis Stevenson
I've never left for New York. I've stood my ground here my whole career and hopefully will be able to until the day that I die.
— Hank Williams III
I want you all to stand like the Muslims who stood with La ilaaha ilalla for Truth and Right
— Imran Khan
She had this laugh. I swear it's why I married her, Laila, for that laugh! It bulldozed you. You stood no chance against it.
— Khaled Hosseini
Hope that justice will be done to those brave men who stood up for their convictions.
— Albert Einstein
The Wharf Street part stood out for a different reason. She
— Lindsay Buroker
And he always stood up for the underdog--never realizing that because of his size he was one himself.
— Eric Blehm
In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some.
— Carolyn Maloney
If this could be repeated every day for a year, I would never budge from where I stood.
— Wendy Mass
As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
— Famke Janssen
We knew it was all going to go to hell, and we just stood by and watched it happen anyway. There ought to be a prize for that kind of stupidity.
— Paolo Bacigalupi
If we lost everything except for the clothes we stood up in, would we turn to each other and think....How lucky we really were?
— Jacqueline Kennedy
Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.
— Shirley Jackson
I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calendar. Absolved of that, I stood becalmed.
— Richard Matheson
On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style.
— Martina Navratilova
Injustice can never be stood for.
— Amber Heard
He just stood and looked at his dying mother, his heart too full for words.
— William Faulkner
I just stood their frozen, waiting for my opportunity to strike.
— Rachel Higginson
For a minute there, I thought I stood a chance. But I guess in the end, Mitchell will still be the lucky one.
— Piper Shelly
If time stood still for a moment, what would you be grateful for? And will it be enough to allow time to have meaning when it begins?
— Steven Cuoco
The man stood alone by the hive. On impulse he put his palm against the wood, as if feeling for a pulse.
— Laline Paull
You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.
— Rafael Palmeiro
Abe Lincoln died because he stood for liberty and truth.
— Don Cornell
We sat like that for a long while, and when we stood up, all my sad things were in boxes, and Beck was my father.
— Maggie Stiefvater
For a few seconds I stood there in a strange, dim place. Where the things I could see didn't exist. Where the invisible did.
— Haruki Murakami
Kyle shook his head. "The first ride is for you." He lifted her up and she sat on the rose horse. He stood beside
— Barbara Cool Lee
I have never been sorry when I stood for what was right-even against severe criticism.
— Richard G. Scott
The wounded were crying, and the rest were dying. Jack stood alone in a hallway of mangled men, who had been trained for this
— Seth Tucker
He led me to the barn, where a Mexican man stood waiting for his turn at the shower. "Whole-aah, Toe-moss," he shouted.
— David Sedaris
No offense, right. "No offense" stood for "I'm going to insult you, but you can't be mad at me.
— Ilona Andrews
Twenty years old and this man stood ready to take on the world, all for the sake of our unborn baby.
— A.B. Shepherd
She stood by his bedside and waited for him to die.
— Richard L. Mabry
What NPR did, I'm very proud of, and what NPR stood for is non-racist, non-bigoted, straightforward telling of the news.
— Ron Schiller
But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
Yellow police tape stretched across the motel room door. I stood beside it, waiting for Mr. Stick-Up-His-Butt to finish up in the office.
— Kim Harrington
She stood motionless like that for
— Donna Leon
For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again.
— Bertolt Brecht
F.E.A.R. Stood for face everything and recover
— Jennifer Weiner
Apple stood for something and had a reason for being that wasn't just about making money.
— Jonathan Ive
Hill. Yes, that was it. But it is a hasty word for a thing that has stood here ever since this part of the world was shaped.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
I stood before the canvas, admiring what Emma had unleashed. She'd gone back to the one place that would always be waiting for her.
— Rebecca Donovan
I always stood for the elimination of conflict and wars, and any of those causes that ignite them.
— Cat Stevens
I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Charles Dickens
