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These words came, quite clear, like small, evil people, across the cobbles to Branza's ankles, where they stood and smirked up at her. — Margo Lanagan

Light-leaved acacias, by the door,
Stood up in balmy air,
Clusters of blossomed moonlight bore,
And breathed a perfume rare. — George MacDonald

I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think. — Coco Chanel

This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again. — Hermann Maier

Jace stood up, knocking his chair back violently. You are not taking Clary to the Seelie Court without me and THAT is FINAL. — Cassandra Clare

Ma Parker stood, looking up and down. The icy wind blew out her apron into a balloon. And now it began to rain. There was nowhere. — Katherine Mansfield

Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States. — Noam Chomsky

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

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

You know, once you've stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight. — David H. Koch

When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do. — Chellie Pingree

I stood up for what I believed in starting businesses. — Rick Scott

Mackenzie flinched. Struggling to breathe, she stood up and walked over to the table. — Yawatta Hosby

Hayden's ovaries stood up and delivered a thundering ovation. — Tessa Bailey

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause. — Ruth Brown

Spook stood up as nonchalantly as he could, then fled into the night. — Brandon Sanderson

It surged up out of the water and stood for an instant upright upon that surging and heaving desolation like Christ. — William Faulkner

Take pride in your despicable enemies because it means you've stood up for your beliefs. — Anne Blankman

God, but he lied beautifully; it was a masterclass. If I hadn't been concentrating so hard on my own deceit, I would have stood up and applauded. — Claire North

I've always stood up for country music. — Alan Jackson

I stood up for myself, reminding Lucas that I was his partner, not his punching bag. — Brittainy C. Cherry

Graymark," he said. "What a nice surprise." Luke stood up. "If you're surprised, you're an idiot," he said. "I didn't exactly arrive quietly. — Cassandra Clare

The only time I had any butterflies was when I stood up and backed toward the open door and looked down. — George H. W. Bush

I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X. — Norah Jones

Marx inverted Hegel's dialectics and stood it right side up, on its feet. — David Harvey

I have stood up and I have represented my constituents to the best of my abilities, and I'm very proud of that. — Hillary Clinton

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up. — Malala Yousafzai

I never date anyone my cat doesn't like," Magnus said easily, and stood up. "So let's say Friday night? — Cassandra Clare

A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere. — Frank Stella

I stood up. "You're going. With Billy. To Florida? — Heather Demetrios

There was one awkward moment where a black man stood-up to ask a question and out of habit, Bush said 'Clemency denied.' — Bill Maher

You just stood up to your mother ... I should think now you could take on the world. — Elizabeth Strout

Hope that justice will be done to those brave men who stood up for their convictions. — Albert Einstein

Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since. — George Foreman

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

Wednesday stood up. "May your choices always be so clear," he said, and once again, he sounded totally sincere. — Neil Gaiman

Mr. Bennet stood, dropping his napkin on the table. As interesting as I find this conversation, an urgent matter has come up. I need a hamburger. — Curtis Sittenfeld

I stood up in a flash and flushed a light shade of furious. — J.L. McCoy

Ari stood up to greet them, and Crawford went back to his grumpy bastard therapy, which some people confused with spinning. — Amy Lane

The boy with the dirty face stood up and hugged Coraline tightly. 'Take comfort in this,' he whispered. 'Th'art alive. Thou livest. — Neil Gaiman

You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something in your life. — Eminem

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. — Henry David Thoreau

I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh. — Maurice Gibb

If you have enemies, good
that means you stood up for something. — Eminem

When she stood up, the woman was looking at her with the calm gray eyes that Therese could neither quite face nor look away from. — Patricia Highsmith

In our society, it's been the men who've handled most of the finances, and the women who've stood by and watched men botch things up. — Peter Lynch

And he always stood up for the underdog--never realizing that because of his size he was one himself. — Eric Blehm

How about you? I asked my third child. I kissed Abby's protruding belly button, and then stood up again. — Jamie McGuire

song. I stood up straight — Barbara Park

I'm sorry, I said, I'm really sorry.
I stood up in a cafe and screamed
I'm in love,
and now you've made a fool of me ... — Charles Bukowski

Women," Erlendur said as he stood up. "They're difficult to quality control. — Arnaldur Indridason

Viola stood awkwardly, staring up at him. It annoyed her that he made her feel awkward. Viola Hextall was not awkward. Ever. — Kelly Bowen

Throughout my first year in office, I have stood up for principles that will guide our country back toward the path of freedom and prosperity. — Jason Chaffetz

I've died before. It was boring, so I stood up. — Warren Ellis

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life. — Tina Turner

He rather liked it when she stood up to him. — Melanie Dickerson

I stood up, and my pants ripped completely across the seam. It was inevitable, but for once in my life, my timing had been decent. — Joan Bauer

I stood before her asserting my age, but in truth not knowing where the years had gone or how they had led up to this moment. — David Dabydeen

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

When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before. — Mamie Till

The lie was dead And damned, and truth stood up instead. — Robert Browning

I really did grow up in a world where we were taught that crime doesn't pay and we stood up when the teacher came into the room. — Stanley R. Jaffe

Lord alone knows." George stood up and dropped his empty mug into the sink. "The mystery of one's children is never-ending. — Mark Haddon

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

She couldn't let her fears rule her. It was time she grew a backbone and stood up to the monsters. — Lia Davis

FINE stood for Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Egotistical. — Louise Penny

Instead he stood erect, the snow insinuating itself down his collar and up his sleeves, plastering against his face and into his unblinking eyes. — Louise Penny

I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets. — Chris Kyle

Come on ... come closer."
I stood my ground. "I didn't get you up here to indulge in wild monkey lust."
"Crap." He dropped his hand to his lap. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

They came to life and stood up on their feet - a vast army. — Anonymous

Briar stood, pushing up her sleeves. 'It's about to get all nonfiction in here'. — Shannon Hale

Years ago when a man began to notice that if he stood up on the subway he was immediately replaced by two people, he figured he was getting too fat. — Jean Kerr

We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right. — Jeff Ament

Peter stood up and let a wicked smile slide across his face. Time to play. — Brom

Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said here is the fact. Galileo got outvoted for a spell. — Rick Perry

What is today?"
"Thursday."
"Thursday." She stood up. "My God," she said, and sat down again with a moan. "It's too gruesome. — Truman Capote

Mort Sahl, while attending a preview of Otto Preminger's film Exodus, stood up and called out, Otto, let my people go! — Mort Sahl

Kylie turned and the spirit of the murderous woman stood beside her. 'You did this, didn't you?'
'Why would I burn up my own phone?' Derek asked. — C.C. Hunter

He stood up, those long legs of his stretching out his jeans nicely.

Not that she was staring at his jeans. Much. — Carrie Ann Ryan

The Chinese people have stood up. — Mao Zedong

Nurse Pam stood up. — Blake Crouch

I don't think I will get married," Polly said as she stood up. "I'm going to train to be a hero instead. — Diana Wynne Jones

David stood up and said: Sorry Lichtenstein, but I am not here to change the world. I am changing the world because I am here. — Marianne Williamson

I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of the sea ... and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. — Frank Herbert

It wasn't so bad being a slave when your owner was yourself and stood up for you. — Orson Scott Card

People would say that if the Rum Preacher was all that stood between Heaven and Hell, then everybody had better stock up on asbestos. — Marlon James

You are right, I do fall down a lot.
But that wouldn't be true if I never stood back up. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Good-bye. I'm sorry," I said.
"Don't be sorry." He stood straight, his chin proud and his shoulders relaxed. "This isn't over. — C.D. Reiss

I think people know Steve Jobs the showman. I think people know the guy who stood up and gave the keynotes. The magician. The salesman. — Ashton Kutcher

And the distance between them, millimeters only, the space of a breath, opened up and deepened, became a cavern at whose edge he stood. — Kim Edwards

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

Aeduan bundled her up and stood. She was so light, so fragile. A bird in his demon arms. — Susan Dennard

Rather than punch the girl in the face, he abruptly stood up from his seat and walked away. — Paul Auster

The blind date that has stood you up: your life. — Randall Jarrell

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

For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again. — Bertolt Brecht

The floor scooped me up where I stood, and I blinked as it hit me — M. Beth Bloom

He was standing leaning against the door frame; now he stood up straight. How should I have kissed you? Is there an other way you like it? — Cassandra Clare

I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. That opposition hasn't changed. — Barack Obama

Jenna went to take my hand, but I stood up and gave her my best "Everything Is Fine, No, Really, It Is" smile. — Rachel Hawkins