#stan

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#articles #brings #dwarf #him #his

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#explain #i #i write #me #meditation

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand? ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#cannot #fight #must #now #out

Putting on fierce boots is an instant pick-me-up. ↗

— Nina Garcia

#fierce #instant #putting

There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it! ↗

— Jon Stewart

#fix #guy #heart #hell #jobs

I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, 'I'd like to star in the play.' ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#actress #been #ever #had #i

I came to feel very, very sentimental about those sets, which is ludicrous, because they represent everything which is transitory and insubstantial. It's absurd that one should feel sentimental about timber and canvas. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#absurd #because #came #canvas #everything

I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#beyond #career #certain #certain level #come

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#appeal #barbarism #made #standards #which

I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#i #little #offended #pathetic #stands