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I'm on the verge of taking a stand. -- Tom Hollander
Try taking a stand on just one leg. You need to see both sides. -- Joss Whedon
I'm equally comfortable in getting out there and taking a stand when I have to take a stand. -- Sanjay Kumar
I wanted to show young people that taking a stand can be done by simply standing firm in your convictions. -- Andrea Davis Pinkney
So I'm taking a stand-and I hope others will-to really live what I believe and embrace who I am in Jesus Christ. -- Michael W. Smith
There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do. -- Teresa Heinz
Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and care, they may in fact be wrong. -- Seth Klarman
And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say:You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve. -- Mira Grant
If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last. -- Ronald Reagan
Betchya Got A Cure' is my gut response to the media wars in this country, which are driving a wedge between citizens. It's about taking a stand for individuality and being brave instead of being accepted. -- Sophie B. Hawkins
I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly. Moral courage has rewards that timidity can never imagine. Like a shot of adrenaline, it floods the spirit with vitality -- Billy Graham
Amazing fine tuning occurs in the laws that make this complexity possible. Realization of the complexity of what is accomplished makes it very difficult not to use the word 'miraculous' without taking a stand as to the ontological status of the word. -- George F. R. Ellis
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq. -- Noam Chomsky
Byrd, the former Klu [sic] Klux Klan Kleagle, is taking a stand over states' rights, or his rights over State, or some such. Whatever the reason, the sight of an old Klansman blocking a little colored girl from Birmingham from getting into her office contributed to the general retro vibe that hangs around the Democratic Party these days. -- Mark Steyn
My main quarrel with liberalism is not that liberalism places great emphasis on individual rights - I believe rights are very important and need to be respected. The issue is whether it is possible to define and justify our rights without taking a stand on the moral and even sometimes religious convictions that citizens bring to public life. -- Michael Sandel
Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining in an antiviolence movement has to go beyond opting for nonviolence in one's personal life. It calls for engaging in imaginative and forceful practices of nonviolent resistance to violence, including taking a stand toward entertainment violence. -- Sissela Bok
What's important is how we use our time on this earth, not how conspicuously we give our money away. What's important is the energy and courage we are willing to expend reversing entropy, battling cynicism, suffering and challenging mediocre minds, staring down those who would trample our dreams, taking a stand for magic, and advancing the potential of the human race. -- Dan Pallotta
Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver. -- George W. Bush
Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of wrongdoing. -- Max Heindel
Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance. -- Michelangelo Antonioni
I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were my priorities, and I stand by the same today. There wasn't a lot of support for those soldiers. -- Janis Karpinski
We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it to the secretary general to go cap in hand. -- Alex J. Morrison
One name always stands out when it comes to actors taking on the monsters of our nightmares - Robert Englund. In the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' series, Englund kept us awake as night with a striped shirt and his special glove. -- Rob Manuel
I can't conceive of nursing babies and taking care of children and writing, too. I know there are writers that do that, but I'm too single-minded. I can't stand to be interrupted, whether I'm writing a story or dressing a child. -- Ellen Gilchrist
What's profound and exciting is the way young people are taking advantage of the fact that the Internet enables everyone to have a megaphone. It enables everyone to stand up and say, 'I deserve to be heard, and I demand that you listen.' -- Chelsea Clinton
I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically, there is a desire to get at that person. But I think the stands I have taken are totally consistent with a person who is looking at things realistically, factually. -- Eric Holder
It is up to us, to this present generation of Americans, to take a stand for freedom, to send a message to Washington that we're taking our future back from the grips of central planners who would control our healthcare, who would spend our treasure, who downgrade our future and micro-manage our lives. -- Rick Perry
I'm not a model; hence I don't see the reason to have a six-pack abs. I can pull off a tough and rugged look of a cop in 'Dhoom' series without taking my shirt off. Cops don't have to move around without a shirt to flaunt their machismo. What makes the character of a cop stand out is his attitude and not his six-pack abs. -- Abhishek Bachchan
I have had all I can stand of not taking myself seriously. -- Kurt Vonnegut
Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out. -- Zac Posen
If you have no enemies, you have no character. Taking a stand always creates opposition. -- Paul Newman
But despite the fact that life is full of risk, yet without taking risk, we stand a greater risk. -- Sunday Adelaja
What's the point of not taking chances? I don't know if I could stand living my whole life afraid. -- Ilsa J. Bick
Papa wasn't man enough, couldn't stand up to his responsibilities. Instead of taking care of me, he'd rather live lavishly. -- Tupac Shakur
The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by being on the fence -- Henry A. Kissinger
It's always been about when I do theater, the audience is just a viewer, not taking part in what's onstage. Whereas if you're doing stand-up, it's inclusive. -- Jon Glaser
I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what? -- Red Auerbach

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