#stood

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#deal #enthusiasts #ever #how #other

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most. ↗

— John Major

#i #many #most #much #parents

I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy. ↗

— Zayn Malik

#bad #bad boy #bit #boy #i

When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#backed #boss #called #could #down

I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue was made of who I played with, and I never felt comfortable, when I grew up, telling other people how to act. ↗

— Willie Mays

#always #ball #black #comfortable #enjoyed

I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head. ↗

— Andrew McCarthy

#because #change #eye #head #i

Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism. ↗

— Tristan Tzara

#art #journalism #product #understood #work

I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#amazing #elected #handed #hard #help

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. ↗

— Henry Miller

#invented #order #understood #which #word

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung. ↗

— John Milton

#confined #confusion #darkness #disorder #fled