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You can't just carry everyone else's hopes and fears around in your backpack and expect to stand up straight.
Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
You can still say whatever you want to say on social media, but you have to be willing to stand by your words.
I am for feminism. I stand up for women standing up for themselves in the same way I stand up for being black.
If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matter of course.
I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.
I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.
I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.
I never, ever grew up as a young woman believing that my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.
There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.
Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.
When I was a kid, I used to be afraid of the dark. I would stand at my door, turn the light off and dive into bed.
No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree.
No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness.
Sometimes it's easy to go where the wind blows, but those that stand firmly planted are forces to be reckoned with.
It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.
If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it.
You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.
I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.
Yes, we become stronger when black and whites, Latino, Asian American, Native American, when all of us stand together.
There is a drama queen in me, as I love acting, and I used to stand in front of the mirror and act since my childhood.
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron.
I hope that we when we stand up to those who oppress our communities that Allah accepts from us that as a form of jihad.
It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.
We must stand together united in solidarity against the targeting, demonization, and vilification of any group of people.
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
The one thing that no Anglo-Saxon can stand is to be ruled by someone who 'talks fancy' by using Latinate words too often.
Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?
You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights - anytime, anywhere, anyplace.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.