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For Luther, it (faith) is an undeviating, trusting outlook appointment life, a constant stance of the trustworthiness of the promises of God.

Alister E. McGrath

Promise, Trustworthiness, Luther

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I once heard someone say that prayer is more than words. It's a stance you take, a position you claim. You throw your body against the door to keep the demons from advancing and stay put until they go away.

Regina Brett

Inspirational, Prayer, Doors

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In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

Stanley Fish

Doe, Speak, Higher Education

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Every well-thought-out rebuttal to dogma, every scrap of intelligent logic, every absurdist reduction of some bullying stance is the antidote.

George Sanders

Bullying, Intelligent, America

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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.

Ai Weiwei

Art, Thinking, Important

"It’s Not Beautiful" by Evan Osnos, www.newyorker.com. May 24, 2010.

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In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is, actually, not kind, because it is not truthful.

George Saunders

Trying, Be Kind, Truthful

"George Saunders on Trump, Mystery, and Why He Rejects Social Media". Interview with Catherine Woodiwiss, sojo.net. August 30, 2016.

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As for LGBTQ people supporting Donald Trump (or other Republicans), I do understand that some of them value his stances on immigration, climate change (I should say "the war on coal"), and the economy over those of equality, fairness, and justice.

Steven Petrow

War, Justice, People

Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and their attitudes, the stance that they adopt in the world, are all ideas and attitudes that are expressed in the blues.

August Wilson

Attitude, Character, Play

Interview with Miles Marshall Lewis, believermag.com. November 1, 2004.

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I am always in awe of people who devote their lives to a good cause and are brave enough to take a stance, though it may be controversial in their time.

Rebecca Pidgeon

People, Brave, May

"Housing Works Is Helping to Heal the Human Race" by Rebecca Pidgeon, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 14, 2014.

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Hamas murders not only Israelis, but also Palestinians whose political stance is different from that which its group promotes; that is, its radical religious outlook in which Islam is the solution to the world's problems.

Mosab Hassan Yousef

Religious, Political, Islam

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European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners promises concern a four-year parliamentary term, european Union partners will be spaced out in an optimal way, in a way that is in tune with our bargaining stance in Europe and also with the fiscal position of the Greek state.

Yanis Varoufakis

Years, Europe, Greek

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Today Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance against gay marriage. Trump said marriage is between a rich guy and his much younger third wife.

Conan O'Brien

Gay, Wife, Guy

"Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Joke About Donald Trump and NBC Parting Ways". www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 29, 2015.

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The majority of my fans have been amazing & supportive. But I am in shock and ashamed of many of my 'fans' who are standing firm in their stance that I am 'less than' them because of my sexual orientation. To those who feel this way: I gladly show you the door and wish you well on your journey.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Journey, Doors, Supportive

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Of one thing be certain: if a CEO is enthused about a particularly foolish acquisition, both his internal staff and his outside advisors will come up with whatever projections are needed to justify his stance. Only in fairy tales are emperors told that they are naked.

Warren Buffett

Naked, Acquisition, Fairy Tale

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Some French politicians have said that the European Union should drop sanctions against Russia so everybody can join together in this fight against the Islamic State. But we're hearing from French officials that [Francois] Hollande hasn't changed his stance. He's - he's still saying that sanctions shouldn't be lifted until the Minsk agreement has been implemented.

Corey Flintoff

Islamic, Fighting, Russia

Source: www.npr.org

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Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.

Christina Baldwin

Inspirational, Mean, Reality

Christina Baldwin (1991). “Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest”, Bantam

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The integral vision embodies an attempt to take the best of both worlds, ancient and modern. But that demands a critical stance willing to reject unflinchingly the worst of both as well.

Ken Wilber

Vision, World, Demand

Ken Wilber (2001). “The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad”, p.53, Shambhala Publications

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I see the hitter when he's moved in the box, like when he's moved closer to the plate or changed his stance. I see when the batter has moved his feet, and then I make my own adjustment.

Mariano Rivera

Feet, Boxes, Plates

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The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It's like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.

Ty Cobb

Swings, Psychology, Bats

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In my world, everything has the potential to be funny. Joyful things, painful things... It's all about how you view it and if you're able to take an objective stance on the situation.

Jinkx Monsoon

Views, World, Able

"Interview with Jinkx Monsoon: Host for the 7th Annual Academy Awards Party at Seattle Cinerama". Interview with Brian Peterson, seattlegayscene.com. February 22, 2012.

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I still do mostly listen to CDs. I think that every format really is a different way of listening. If you take a different sort of psychological stance to it - like, I think the transition from vinyl to CD definitely marked a difference in the way people treated music. The vinyl commands a certain kind of reverence because it's a big object and quite fragile so you handle it rather carefully, and it's expensive so you pay attention to how it's looked after.

Brian Eno

Thinking, Cds, Differences

Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. November 1, 2010.

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I mean you can go wherever you want with it really. No matter what story you're telling you're always representing some reality. You are always representing human beings, their fears, their shortcomings, their braveries, their doubts, their loves, their abilities, their brilliance and those things inevitably lead to bigger political systems, foreign policy and crime and religion. It's an action film. We are not taking a stance about big government.

Colin Farrell

Mean, Reality, Government

"Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, & Jessica Biel Discuss ‘Total Recall’". Interview with Tiffany Rose, screenrant.com. August 7, 2012.

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Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, Live to fight another day

Bob Marley

Running, Fighting, Rasta

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Human beings take social stances, and if you’re respectful of all human beings, you have to decide what you’re going to do and why you’re going to do it.

Mike Carey

Respectful, Social, Humans

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Rise and take your stance once again

Bob Marley

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