#stand

Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway. ↗

— B. B. King

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Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others. ↗

— Coretta Scott King

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I've given up on trying to explain myself, or trying to set the record straight, or trying to get people to understand what I'm really like as a man, outside of my acting, outside of my job. ↗

— Bruce Willis

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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet. ↗

— Stephen King

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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#frustrating #good #ill #misunderstanding #more

Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

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Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

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