Standing Quotes - Page 10

• When I was council president I had a rule that people could sleep on the job. I modified the rule. You could actually sleep in public if you weren't sitting down. I had three people who actually perfected the art of sleeping while standing.

  John F. Street

  Art, Jobs, Sleep

  "Actual Excerpts from John Street's Class at Temple" by Tom Namako, Philadelphia Citypaper, February 27, 2008.

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• Laser technology has fulfilled our people's ancient dream of a blade so fine that the person it cuts remains standing and alive until he moves and cleaves. Until we move, none of us can be sure that we have not already been cut in half, or in many pieces, by a blade of light. It is safest to assume that our throats have already been slit, that the slightest alteration in our postures will cause the painless severance of our heads.

  Ben Lerner

  Dream, Moving, Cutting

  Ben Lerner (2016). “No Art: Poems”, p.114, Granta Books

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• My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways.

  Shane Koyczan

  School, Echoes, Way

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• You know, I've learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can lead to unexpected discoveries.

  Lisa Mangum

  Discovery, Want, Unexpected

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• Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom

  Austin Kleon

  Two, People, Bathroom

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• To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature.

  Henry Cantwell Wallace

  Nature, Instinct, Crops

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• It's amazing - you may not realize it, but so much of what you are not is because you are literally standing in your own way of becoming. And what I'm pleading with you about is, get the hell out of your own way.

  Leo Buscaglia

  May, Way, Becoming

  LEO BUSCAGLIA, PH.D. (1982). “LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING”

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• European toilet paper is made from the same material that Americans use for roofing, which is why Europeans tend to remain standing throughout soccer matches.

  Dave Barry

  Soccer, Use, Paper

  "Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need". Book by Dave Barry, 1991.

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• Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...a cknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.

  J. I. Packer

  Humble, Divine Wisdom, Mind

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• Waiting for inspiration is like standing at the airport waiting for a train.

  Leigh Michaels

  Inspiration, Airports, Waiting

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• As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind’s first small step on a world beyond our own. Besides being one of America’s greatest explorers, Neil carried himself with a grace and humility that was an example to us all. When President Kennedy challenged the nation to send a human to the moon, Neil Armstrong accepted without reservation. As we enter this next era of space exploration, we do so standing on the shoulders of Neil Armstrong.

  Charles Bolden

  Book, Humility, Moon

  NASA Administrator Statement on Neil Armstrong's Death, www.nasa.gov. August 25, 2012.

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• Now, the question of the hour is, "Who's got the Pandorica?" Answer: I do. Next question: Who's coming to take it from me? Come on! Look at me! No plan, no back-up, no weapons worth a damn! Oh, and something else, I don't have anything to lose! So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, and then, do the smart thing: Let somebody else try first.

  Matt Smith

  Smart, Silly, Gun

  "Fictional character: The Doctor". TV Series "Doctor Who" ("The Pandorica Opens", 2010), (2005- ).

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• Basically it's just a whole bunch of blokes standing around scratching themselves

  Kathy Lette

  Blokes, Bunch, Whole

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• Make good thy standing place, and move the world.

  Samuel Smiles

  Moving, World

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• You never want an Australian with his back against the wall. You put any 12 blokes together and you'll get a job done. Whether it's getting a bogged four-wheel-drive off the beach or standing in front of a cricket wicket and making sure we're in a dominant position. It's the same dog, different leg action, so to speak.

  Matthew Hayden

  Funny, Wisdom, Dog

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• When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an oppressive situation, silence is death.

  Chenjerai Hove

  Writing, Silence, Silent

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• The best part about getting knocked down is standing back up knowing what you didn't before.

  Lights

  Knowing, Knocked Down

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• What would the world be like if you had to develop a power yourself before you could use it? Just as a silly example: How would the comment section on YouTube change if, to use it, you had to have the schooling necessary to have a basic understanding of how computers and the internet work? More seriously, would anyone smart enough to know how to design and build a tank, or a laser guided anti-aircraft missile, or a computer and video editing software be stupid enough to join ISIS? In fact, if such knowledge was required—would it even be possible for there to be standing armies?

  John C. Wright

  Stupid, Smart, Silly

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• The Nazis played the same games against Jews that today’s left plays against 'Eurocentrism,' 'whiteness,' and 'logocentrism.' When you hear a campus radical denounce 'white logic' or 'male logic,' she is standing on the shoulders of a Nazi who denounced 'Jewish logic' and the 'Hebrew disease'...The white man is the Jew of liberal fascism.

  Jonah

  Men, White, Games

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• Living the gospel and standing in holy places is not always easy, but I testify that it is worth it.

  Bonnie L. Oscarson

  Holy Places, Easy, Worth It

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• At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that we're all standing at the edge of the shaft.

  Charlie LeDuff

  The End Of The Day, Important, May

  Charlie LeDuff (2013). “Detroit: An American Autopsy”, p.11, Penguin

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• My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved.

  Honor Blackman

  Father, Rain, Holiday

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• Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note!

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Writing, Years, Thirty

  "The Osbournes". Comedy, Music, Reality-TV, 2002–2005.

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• I don't think our death ray is working. I'm standing right in it, and I'm not dead yet.

  Jamie Hyneman

  Thinking, Rays

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• Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause. If the meal is very good I give her a standing ovation.

  Tom Baker

  Feel Better, Thinking, People

  "Interview: Doctor Who star Tom Baker". Interview with Paul Whitelaw, www.scotsman.com. August 20, 2009.

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