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There are a lot of public figures who, before they take a stand on a issue, they talk about it with their publicist and they figure out how it's going to affect record sales. Life is really too short to worry about that sort of thing. -- Moby
God honors you when you take a stand for what is right. -- Jim George
I'm not afraid, to take a stand Everybody come take my hand -- Eminem
I claim the right to take a stand once in a while. -- Antonio Tabucchi
Most people perceive moderates as timid middle-of-the-roaders who can't take a stand. -- Rick Bayan
Look no farther than your hand,Make a choice and take a stand. -- Shannon Hale
Renewal and revival often begin when young people take a stand for God. -- Jim Burns
Cultural creatives take a stand for a more spiritualized, personalized, and integrated culture. -- Barbara Marx Hubbard
Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for -- Oprah Winfrey
I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically. -- Annie Lennox
It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions. -- Viktor E. Frankl
There is a time to take a stand and there is a time to take your leave. -- Chip Ingram
I'm equally comfortable in getting out there and taking a stand when I have to take a stand. -- Sanjay Kumar
I see it as my duty to take a stand for the Iraqi people, for democracy, freedom and reconciliation. -- Ayad Allawi
When you take a stand against injustice inflicted upon innocent people, there will be those who will hate you for it. -- Ellen J. Barrier
What the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand. -- Larry R. Lawrence
Part of me has certainly been motivated by wanting to take a stand against the restrictions that made Mother give up so much. -- Susan Faludi
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country. -- Bruce Hornsby
Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal freedom. -- Willie Nelson
It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back. -- Jason Robert Brown
I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated. -- Maggie Grace
Somehow the idea has gotten around that it is unchristian to take a stand against heresy. Some of us need to read the New Testament again. -- Vance Havner
I'm a role model for those who dare to be different. For those who dare to take a stand in their life and have an opinion -- Madonna Ciccone
That's what being free means - not the right to do whatever you want, but the right to take a stand and say what you'll die for. -- Sebastien de Castell
In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias. -- Aasif Mandvi
One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path. -- Kevin Powers
I do believe God has given me an incredible opportunity and a platform in a secular environment but still to take a stand for Christ and being a blessing to believers. -- Mike Huckabee
The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided. -- Jean-Marie Le Pen
The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer. -- Richard M. Nixon
Sometimes when you're treated unfairly it makes you stronger and more determined. I admire that kind of strength. People who have it take a stand and put their blood and soul into what they believe. -- Michael Jackson
Our children need to be able to see us take a stand for a value and against injustices, be those values and injustices in the family room, the boardroom, the classroom, or on the city streets. -- Barbara Coloroso
I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and are willing to take a stand against some of the more extreme ideologies that there are around the world. -- Dennis C. Blair
I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me. The older kids decided to pick me on me starting when I was about 6 and it didn't take me long to take a stand for myself. -- Bo Jackson
This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion. -- Stephen Harper
I'm not afraid to take a stand. Everybody come take my hand. We'll walk this road together, through the storm. Whatever weather, cold or warm. Just let you know that, you're not alone. Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road. -- Eminem
I wanted to take a stand against what I think was not so well established then but is thoroughly well established now, which is the substitution for a real sense of a country of a hideous distortion which you can sell to the people called 'heritage'. -- Peter Porter
When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that. -- Barbara Boxer
Never stand and take a charge... charge them too. -- Nathan Bedford Forrest
I would take a bomb, but I can't stand the noise. -- Joe E. Lewis
Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand. -- Hayley Williams
I have had my share of brawls, for I am someone who takes a stand. -- Sunny Deol
I love stand up, but every year, the road takes a little more out of you. -- Bill Engvall
Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet. -- Ezra Taft Benson
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. -- Billy Graham
Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man. -- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
I got a kick out of the stands when they would heckle me. I would take the energy from that. -- Kurt Russell
For a workout, I love to hike or take a long walk. Being outside is crucial; I can't stand gyms. -- Alice Greczyn
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. -- J. K. Rowling
I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie. -- Jason Patric
Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage. -- Bart Starr
The photographer, even in fashion and portraiture, has to have a standpoint. It's important to know what you stand for, no? Most people just take pictures, but they stand for nothing. They follow trends and don't know why. -- Peter Lindbergh
Stand up and take your dissonance like a man. -- Charles Ives
Take a stand and command to demand what's grand. -- Big Daddy Kane
It's never the right time to take a particular stand. -- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Take a stand. Be known for your courage and confidence. -- Indra Nooyi
I'd take a Bromo, but I can't stand the noise. -- W. C. Fields
I can't stand people that do not take food seriously. -- Oscar Wilde
Have the courage to stand out and take few risks! -- Anuranjita Kumar
The loneliness of a one night stand is hard to take. -- Stevie Nicks
Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead, start where you stand. -- Berton Braley
We stand for global security and so we take care of everyone's life. -- Evo Morales
either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird. -- Henry Miller
When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class. -- J. B. Smoove
That's what I take pride in in my stand-up, is changing things up. Being special. -- Godfrey
We stand the risk of backwardness, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks. -- Sunday Adelaja
We stand the risk of regression, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks. -- Sunday Adelaja
You stand the risk of bankruptcy, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks. -- Sunday Adelaja
We stand the risk of failure, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks. -- Sunday Adelaja
Take the goods the gods provide, and don't stand and sulk when they are snatched away. -- Mary McMullen
We stand the risk of stagnation, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks. -- Sunday Adelaja
We wanted to do a crime that the world would have to stand up and take notice. -- Susan Atkins
I want the cabinet to stand up and have a spine and a backbone and take responsibility. -- Alex Sink
It's important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They're the star. -- Biz Stone
Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive. -- Sun Tzu
Take heed when you think you stand, lest you fall. In this life you can fall from any level. -- Rick Joyner
Don't let anyone else take the measure of your worth and capabilities. Always stand proud in who you are! -- Margaret Spellings
I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension. -- Kesha
It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise -- John Cleese
Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf. -- Sam Ewing
Anything that threatens, hinders, obstructs, denies, delays your capacity to stand fully up for yourself, within yourself, take it down. -- Iyanla Vanzant
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right -- Max de Pree
I put the Scriptures above all the sayings of the fathers, angels, men and devils. Here I take my stand. -- Martin Luther
Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test -- Brigham Young
I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances. -- Carmen Electra
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen. -- George S. Patton
Gosh, if I'm gonna take a big stand on something I would hope it would be for more than flip flops! -- Rose McGowan
So please take a seat if you really can't stand it, got success in my pocket and these rappers in a panic -- Drake
When a profit-seeking company proposes to take citizens' private land away for its own gain, people should stand up for their rights. -- Louis Bacon
We seem to be afflicted by a widespread and eroding reluctance to take any stand on any values, moral, behavioral or esthetic. -- Barbara Tuchman
It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture. -- Winston Churchill
Take a stand, America! You deserve better. Resolve to live life vibrantly by looking to family, faith, and freedom in this new year! -- Sarah Palin
Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand. Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy. -- Jackson Browne
It's easy to stand back, but to move forward and take a chance, that takes a little more guts, a little more courage. -- Venus Williams
Photographers and people do try to take advantage of you. You just have to stand your ground and prove you're not an easy target. -- Terry Farrell
It can take greater courage to stand in opposition to the views of your neighbors or nation than to confront an enemy in combat. -- George McGovern
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I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record. -- Bill Bennett
I can be you hero baby. I can kiss away the pain. I will stand by you forever. You can take my breath away -- Enrique Iglesias
It does not take a man to stand with the strong, it takes a man to stand with the weak and oppose the strong. -- GonzoBilly
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. -- Swami Vivekananda
Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel. Take courage, join hands, stand besides us, fight with us. -- Christabel Pankhurst
It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order. -- Asa Gray
Take the broken pieces of your life, bake a master cake out of it. Don't stand still like a lake; keep flowing like a stream! -- Israelmore Ayivor
If you plant your crops in the weather of pride they will grow tall and fall down. Take away pride and your dreams will stand. -- Israelmore Ayivor
I'll take the shooting. I'm used to that. I've been shot a few times in the past, and I guess I can stand it, again. -- Joe Hill
I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can. -- Greg Boyle
I am me. I have to define myself. I'm going to stand up at the back of the train and take control of my future. -- Kelly Masterson
There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that. -- Bill Kurtis
Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the eagles soar while the small birds take cover. -- Napoleon Hill
Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don't care, I'm still free You can't take the sky from me -- Joss Whedon
The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in... protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips. -- Sarah Dessen
Now's the time to take a chance, come on we've gotta make a stand. What do we have to lose the choice is in our hands. -- Selena
When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter. -- Adam Sandler
Someone must stand up to those who say, "Here's the key, there's the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax dollars as you want." -- Ronald Reagan
I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. -- Susan B. Anthony
When you take the time to understand why your parents did the things they did, you stand a good chance of learning more about your own behavior. -- Lisa Ling
Drugs take away the dream from every child's heart and replace it with a nightmare, and it's time we in America stand up and replace those dreams. -- Nancy Reagan
Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut. -- Jean Giraudoux

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