#stands

No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible. ↗

— David Viscott

#between #faith #life #man #merely

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living. ↗

— David R. Brower

#average #average guy #believe #consumption #cost

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#classical #freedom #get #improvise #jazz

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#american flag #another #bizarre #done #fired

Every user of the river down here understands that a healthy river is absolutely vital for a healthy economy and a healthy tourism industry. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

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I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

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Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

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To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing all sort of fanfare things in it and it works really well. It goes down great with audiences. ↗

— Roy Wood

#audiences #blackberry #could #doing #down

I have learned that you can't have good advertising without a good client, that you can't keep a good client without good advertising, and no client will ever buy better advertising than he understands or has an appetite for. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#appetite #better #buy #client #ever