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Standing There Quotes (page 10)

There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again. Arthur Conan Doyle
There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way --- whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of. Agatha Christie
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word lon? PEOPLE. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution. Warren Ellis
There... Poor little things. You see them? Standing with their numbers on their blank, indifferent faces, Nuremberg in miniature, the ranks of painted wooden men... Poor dominoes. Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers down it goes. Alan Moore
Jodi Picoult quote: "There is a place in you that you don't even know exists, where..."
There is a place in you that you don't even know exists, where you can simply stand back and watch without feeling any pain. Jodi Picoult
There are few things more abrasive to the human spirit, even in Patagonia, than someone standing behind you chomping and sucking ice cubes. Paul Theroux
There's always hand-to-hand combat. All you need is to come up with a knife, and you'll at least stand a chance. If I get jumped, I'm dead!" I can hear my voice rising in anger. "But you won't! You'll be living up in some tree eating raw squirrels and picking off people with arrows. Suzanne Collins
There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world. Arthur Conan Doyle
Steven Wright quote: "There's a difference between fishing and standing on the shore..."
There's a difference between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot. Steven Wright
Rupert Brooke quote: "Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey..."
Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea? Rupert Brooke
there were doorknobs and doorbellswhere one touch had covered anotherbeforehand. suitcases checked and standing side by side. one night, perhaps, the same dreamgrown hazy by morning. every beginningis only a sequel, after all, and the book of eventsis always open halfway through. Wislawa Szymborska
There is something deeply surreal about standing behind a female performer in hotpink peau de soie, a woman whose clitoris and perineum you have priorly seen, and watching her try to get a microwaved egg roll onto her plate with a cocktail fork. David Foster Wallace
There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbal of the great human principle. Franklin D. Roosevelt
There was a time when I liked a good riot. Put on some heavy old street clothes that could stand a bit of sidewalk-scraping, infect myself with something good and contagious, then go out and stamp on some cops. It was great, being nine years old. Warren Ellis
Rudyard Kipling quote: "There is but one task for all --One life for each to give.What..."
There is but one task for all --One life for each to give.What stands if Freedom fall? Rudyard Kipling

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