Standing Alone Quotes - Page 4

• More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his audience. Deprive William Safire of the insignia of the New York Times, and he would have a hard time selling his truths to a weekly broadsheet in suburban Duluth.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Death, New York, Hard Times

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• That he liked to think of himself as a philosopher. That he questioned all things, even the most simple, to the extent that when someone passing him on the street raised his hat and said, 'Good day,' Litvinoff often paused so long to weigh evidence that by the time he'd settled on an answer the person had gone on his way, leaving him standing alone.

  Nicole Krauss

  Good Day, Simple, Thinking

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• I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed

  Lisa Kudrow

  Careers, Identity, Actors

  FaceBook post by Lisa Kudrow from Aug 12, 2011

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• Never forget that you are a [child] of God. He loves you. Live by your standards. Stand up for what you believe in. Sometimes it is not easy, and you may be standing alone for a while. Look for friends with integrity and character, then go to them and express appreciation for their examples. You might even find someone who has been feeling as lonely as you. Pray for guidance and protection from the Lord. He will sustain you. He will become a trusted friend, and you will discover that your example will attract many friends who will take courage from your strength of character.

  W. Craig Zwick

  Lonely, Appreciation, Children

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• I like to record with people. I don't particularly enjoy standing alone and recording my own voice or my own stuff. It's sometimes fun to do for demos and stuff, but I really enjoy the social act of recording records, because writing it is so lonely. And it has to be.

  Sondre Lerche

  Lonely, Fun, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There is something obscure which is complete before heaven and earth arose; tranquil, quiet, standing alone without change, moving without peril. It could be the mother of everything. Not knowing its name, I call it Tao.

  Laozi

  Mother, Moving, Names

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• I'm basically talking to the audience, standing alone, describing the weather. It's very rudimentary, the dialogue, saying what the weather is like that day.

  Holly Hunter

  Dialogue, Audience

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within.

  Simon Newcomb

  Wall, Light, World

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing.

  Dennis Banks

  People, Moral, Wounded Knee

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• A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand and grasp very subtle things which otherwise elude his intellect. Through that understanding the aspirant can have direct vision of God. That pure understanding alone enables him to realize Truth.

  Ramakrishna

  Inspirational, Men, Years

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• We looked at each other standing on the podium, and I think we all were tearing up. But we had to keep it cool. I think we did. Then we let out a breath.

  Michael Irvin

  Sports, Thinking, Breaths

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• It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsing culture.

  George Grosz

  Art, Bourgeoisie, Culture

  George Grosz, Heartfield, Wieland Herzfelde (1987). “Art Is in Danger”

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• It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.

  Eric Hoffer

  Character, People, Gossip

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

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• Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

  Confucius

  Wise, Philosophical, Practice

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.

  K. D. Lang

  Singing, Audience, Standing

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• Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find that you're the one in the green dress.

  Lois Wyse

  Birthday, Reality, Age

  Lois Wyse (2011). “Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother”, p.39, Harmony

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• Ask the dust on the road! Ask the Joshua trees standing alone where the Mojave begins. Ask them about Camilla Lopez, and they will whisper her name.

  John Fante

  Dust, Names, Tree

  John Fante (1990). “Prologue to Ask the Dust”

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• Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going.

  Charles Stanley

  Christian, Commitment, Long

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• Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Travel, Writing, Mind

  Ernest Hemingway, Carlos Baker (2003). “Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961”, p.700, Simon and Schuster

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• A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Yelling, Political, Politics

  "Why Republican Politicians Keep Selling Out Freedom" by Jo Jorgensen, gos.sbc.edu. 1996.

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