#stand up

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

#deal #friends #great #great deal #just

I hope the business sense that artists like Jay-Z and Nelly are showing rubs off on the young players. I want somebody to stand up and say, Look, these kids got it going on. We want to be a part of them. ↗

— Antonio Davis

#business #business sense #going #got #hope

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#did #funny #i #never #stand

I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want. ↗

— Henry Kravis

#even #exactly #hear #i #me

When I am in the Scottish Parliament chamber, I often feel the need to sit for the entire debate. It's only courteous to listen to what everyone has to say, although I often find myself desperate to say something but too scared to stand up in case I regret it. ↗

— Margo MacDonald

#am #case #chamber #courteous #debate

When you flop, that's just another message that you don't know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#flop #how #just #know #like

I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it. ↗

— William Odom

#beyond #come #context #decided #deterioration

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#george #george bush #necessary #only #right

The best part about being a stand-up is the connection with the audience. There's nothing more gratifying then when you can make 300 people applaud and stand up - because that's all you. ↗

— Aries Spears

#applaud #audience #because #being #best

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