Stood Up Quotes - Page 2

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

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Justice, Brave

  Albert Einstein (2017). “Einstein on Peace”, p.583, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• I also never would have imagined I'd quote back a church lesson, but when the rest of the crowd stood up to take communion, I found myself saying to Dimitri: "Don't you think that if God can supposedly forgive you, it's kind of egotistical for you not to forgive yourself?" "How long have you been waiting to use that line on me?" he asked. "Actually, it just came to me. Pretty good, huh? I bet you thought I wasn't paying attention." "You weren't. You never do. You were watching me.

  Richelle Mead

  Thinking, Long, Waiting

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.222, Penguin

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• Fine." Magnus stood up. "But," he added, pausing by Alec's chair and leaning in close to him, "you are not trivial." Alec flushed. "If you say so," he said. "I say so," said Magnus, and he turned to follow Isabelle out of the room.

  Cassandra Clare

  Rooms, Pausing, Chairs

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1676, Simon and Schuster

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• Sydney sighed and stood up, smoothing her rumpled clothes with dismay. ʺI need a coffee shop or something.ʺ ʺI think I saw one in a cave down the road,ʺ I said. That almost got a smile from her

  Richelle Mead

  Coffee, Thinking, Clothes

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• 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

  Pain, Eating, Found

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• Magnus stood up and went to the window. He pushed the curtain back, letting in just enough light to silhouette his hawklike profile. "Blood," he said, half to himself. "I had a dream two nights ago. I saw a city all of blood, with towers made of bone, and blood ran in the streets like water." Simon slewed his eyes over to Jace. "Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?" "No," said Jace, "sometimes he sits on the couch and does it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dream, Eye, Night

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.555, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Hero, Thinking, Married

  Diana Wynne Jones (2012). “Fire and Hemlock”, p.62, Penguin

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• Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast. The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in this? I don't know, said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him. [...] Ralph shouted. Hear him! He's got the conch! What I mean is . . . maybe it's only us. Nuts! That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum.

  William Golding

  Believe, Mean, Nuts

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• I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.

  Larry David

  War, Army, President

  "My War" by Larry David, www.nytimes.com. February 15, 2004.

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• I was never a class clown or anything like that, but I do remember being in the first grade and my teacher, Mr. Chad, told the class one day that we were going to do some exercises. He meant math exercises, but I stood up and started doing jumping jacks. To this day, I don't know what possessed me to do that, but all my friends cracked up.

  Will Ferrell

  Teacher, Math, Exercise

  "Will Ferrell says growing up in Irvine made him funny". Interview with Barry Koltnow, www.ocregister.com. July 23, 2008.

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• One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself.

  Lisa Loeb

  Expectations, Musician, Come Up

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• He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing. I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his father like that.

  Kiera Cass

  Children, Father, Love You

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• Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who stood by throughout the terror attack that took place in Burgas last July.

  Shimon Peres

  True Friend, July, Israel

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• I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

  Tom Petty

  Personality, Unjust, Problem

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• I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.

  Natalie Portman

  People, Stuff, Saws

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• Margaret Thatcher made tough decisions. She put people out of work and she stood up to labor unions and she did a lot of things that I did not like.

  Harvey Weinstein

  People, Decision, Unions

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. December 13, 2011.

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• I said that when I looked at photographs of the firefighters who went into the Twin Towers, their faces looked to me like Irish faces. I hadn't yet learnt how careful outsiders have to be when talking about race in America, and I'd put my foot in it. Someone stood up and said aggressively, 'What do you mean by Irish faces?'

  Colm Toibin

  Mean, Talking, Feet

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• So I stood up and did a handstand on my Guru's roof, to celebrate the notion of liberation. I felt the dusty tiles under my hands. I felt my own strength and balance. I felt the easy night breeze on the palms of my bare feet. This kind of thing -- a spontaneous handstand--isn't something a disembodied cool blue soul can do, but a human being can do it. We have hands; we can stand on them if we want to. That's our privilege. That's the joy of a mortal body. And that's why God needs us. Because God loves to feel things through our hands.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Night, Blue, Hands

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.178, A&C Black

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• People were standing up everywhere shouting, "This is me! This is me!" Every time you looked at them they stood up and told you who they were, and the truth of it was that they had no more idea who or what they were than he had. They believed their flashing signs, too. They ought to be standing up and shouting, "This isn't me! This isn't me!" They would if they had any decency. "This isn't me!" Then you might know how to proceed through the flashing bullshit of this world.

  Philip Roth

  Ideas, People, Bullshit

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• Then he heard a terrible cry that pulled at his insides, that expressed agony of a kind that neither flame nor curse could cause, and he stood up, swaying, more frightened than he had been that day, more frightened, perhaps, than he had been in his whole life.

  J. K. Rowling

  Flames, Agony, Causes

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• Darkness has completely descended onto the landscape and I stood up and stretched my arms above my head and I wondered what it would be like if it were a perfect world. Only god knows. And he is dead.

  David Wojnarowicz

  Perfect, Darkness, Would Be

  David Wojnarowicz (2017). “Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration”, p.50, Canongate Books

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• No. I wanted to tell you that I was proud of you." Clary slewed around to look at her mother. "You were?" Jocelyn nodded. "Of course I was. The way you stood up in front of the Clave like that. The way you showed them what you could do. You made them look at you and see the person they loved most in the world, didn't you?" "Yeah," Clary said. "How did you know?" "Because I heard them all calling out different names," Jocelyn said softly. "But I still saw you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mother, Names, Different

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1151, Simon and Schuster

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• Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease or falling down the cellar stairs.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Wall, Fall, Thinking

  Ambrose Bierce, S. T. Joshi, Tryambak Sunand Joshi, David E. Schultz (2003). “A Much Misunderstood Man: Selected Letters of Ambrose Bierce”, p.243, Ohio State University Press

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

  Brom

  Play, Wicked, Faces

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• And on this you have my pledge - unlike in the past, when you stood up and did what was right, this governor will not pull the rug out from underneath you - I will sign strong reform bills.

  Chris Christie

  Strong, Past, Reform

  "Full Text of Gov. Chris Christie's speech on fiscal 'state of emergency'". www.nj.com. February 11, 2010.

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