#stood

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#good #i #jazz #later #mainstream

As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#better #better understood #decisions #informed #make

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.' ↗

— Steven Wright

#around #burned #candle #down #everyone

Our co-founder and company president, Jim Levy, came from a record industry background and understood the marketing and promotion of artists as well as products. So the video game business went from absolutely zero designer credit to something approaching rock star promotion. ↗

— David Crane

#approaching #artists #background #business #came

You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this. ↗

— Morris Dees

#me #mother #sometimes #stand #stood

As I learn more and more about the six-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it's obvious to me that NFL owners understood that they were going to get a new deal done at all costs. ↗

— Ron Jaworski

#agreement #bargaining #collective #collective bargaining #costs

Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers. ↗

— Wyclef Jean

#bob #bob marley #break #love #marley

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#bold #every #fearing #follow #i

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground. ↗

— Elton John

#better #did #ground #i #i think

Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#character #christ #code #hence #human