Standing Quotes - Page 37

• And the National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill people, people do," but I think the gun helps, you know? I think it helps. I just think just standing there going, "Bang!"
  "That's not going to kill too many people, is it? You'd have to be really dodgy on the heart to have that.

  Eddie Izzard

  Heart, Thinking, Gun

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• One of my life goals is to be a best man. It's a baller position. You get drunk, you make speeches, and you make love to the prettiest bridesmaid, usually standing from behind.

  Aziz Ansari

  Men, Drunk, Goal

  "Fictional character: Tom Haverford". TV Series "Parks and Recreation" ("Andy and April's Fancy Party", 2011), 2009-2015.

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• The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves.

  Steven Biko

  Tired, Games, Want

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• Just a little rain falling all around The grass lifts its head to the heavenly sound Just a little rain, just a little rain What have they done to the rain? Just a little boy standing in the rain The gentle rain that falls for years And the grass is gone and the boy disappears And the rain keeps falling like helpless tears And what have they done to the rain? Just a little breeze out of the sky The leaves nod their heads as the breeze blows by Just a little breeze with some smoke in its eye And what have they done to the rain?

  Malvina Reynolds

  Fall, Rain, Eye

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• When you cut it up, put the pieces in your mouth and swallowed them, the British hamburger shaped itself to the bottom on your stomach like ballast, while interacting with your gastric juices to form an incipient belch of enormous potential, an airship which had been inflated in a garage. This belch, when silently released, would cause people standing twenty yards away to start examining the soles of their shoes. The vocalized version sounded like a bag of tools thrown into a bog.

  Clive James

  Funny, Cutting, Shoes

  Clive James (1991). “Falling Towards England: (Unreliable Memoirs Continued)”, Isis Large Print Books

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• Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home.

  Bonnie L. Oscarson

  Home, Kingdoms, Helping

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• I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.

  Rand Paul

  War, Rights, Independence

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on my head. But what I try to do is I try to find characters that are as far away from me as I possibly can and then make them real. A French Nazi is about as far away from me as I can possibly get without actually going to Mars or something.

  Michael Caine

  Real, Character, Sleep

  "Profile and Interview: Michael Caine". Interview with Erika Hernandez, www.aboutfilm.com. January, 2004.

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• Instead of last man standing, it'll be last man smiling.

  John Currin

  Men, Lasts, Last Man Standing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with no storyline, no plot line, and no character development.

  Jim Jefferies

  Character, Plot Lines, Trying

  "LEGIT - the New FX Series! Interview with Jim Jeffries". Interview with Jeri Jacquin, patch.com. February 05, 2013.

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• I felt like I already knew how to race by the time I was four. I was always at the race track with my dad. I watched him race thousands of laps in a sprint car standing on top of a trailer watching him, getting down and cleaning the mud off his car. That's just what I grew up doing.

  Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.

  Dad, Race, Car

  "A conversation with NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Unlike those who fight truly intolerant things like terrorism throughout the world, Madonna is really the lone brave voice in the wilderness standing up against evil.

  Greg Gutfeld

  Fighting, Voice, Evil

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• But I was waiting for some magical moment, that would prove to me, forever would be fine. Meanwhile, my first love was standing first in line.

  Goapele

  First Love, Waiting, Forever

  Song: First Love, Album: Change It All, 2005

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• Poets are political, they have to be reflections of their times [because] they're living in their times... Poetry is political in that it's standing in opposition to fascism. Good poetry asks a bunch of questions and asks the audience to interact with themselves or see themselves in it; maybe you like it or you don't like it. But the fascist sort of stuff plays on your fears and tells you to jump on the party line and gives some simple excuses - blame this person.

  John Cusack

  Party, Reflection, Simple

  "The Raven - John Cusack interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up and clapping, I know which one I'd choose.

  James McAvoy

  Kids, Adults, Brilliant

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• I was like, "Excuse me, guys. My ass is going to be facing this way. Do you mind maybe just standing over there during this take because something is going to happen."

  Cameron Diaz

  Guy, Mind, Way

  "Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Talk THE OTHER WOMAN, Their Chemistry on Set, the Rating, and More". collider.com. April 22, 2014.

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• I don't think there's an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling. It's just that you're standing up.

  Bill Nighy

  Writing, Thinking, Gambling

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I really didn't have any bad hitchhiking experiences. The only bad experiences were standing by the road for 10 hours. I never thought I'd get a ride with a ministers wife or a coalminer or a Republican elected official. It was all pleasant surprises. The only drag was the waiting.

  John Waters

  Wife, Waiting, Hitchhiking

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• Being politically active is "more about doing things, not just standing for some platform or being involved in some political party."

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Party, Political, Platforms

  "Yes, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Will Marry You". Interview with Asawin Suebsaeng, www.motherjones.com. January 16, 2014.

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• I have a carpool with a corrections officer and a construction worker. My kids get to see that we're not segregated based on wealth or standing. It's very cool.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Kids, Construction Workers, Wealth

  "Mark Ruffalo, the Incredible Hunk". Interview with Kate Sheppard, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2012.

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• There's only one critic whose opinion I really value, in the final analysis: Johnny Carson. I have never needed any entourage standing around bolstering my ego. I'm secure. I know exactly who and what I am. I don't need to be told. I make no apologies for being the way I am.

  Johnny Carson

  Apology, Ego, Finals

  Source: www.alex-haley.com

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• It is poor faith that needs fair weather for standing firm. That alone is true faith that stands the foulest weather.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Faith, Weather, Needs

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.40, Courier Corporation

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• Untouchability is an error of long standing.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Errors, Long, Untouchability

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given up.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Violence, Given, Workers

  Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

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• True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Knowledge, Giving, Moral Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.145, Rajpal & Sons

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