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en Nothing is so foolish, they say, as for a man to stand for office and woo the crowd to win its vote, buy its support with presents, court the applause of all those fools and feel self-satisfied when they cry their approval, and then in his hour of triumph to be carried round like an effigy for the public to stare at, and end up cast in bronze to stand in the market place.
  Desiderius Erasmus

en I just feel my vote is my own business until I stand up in the House. I honestly didn't make up my mind until about a half-hour before.

en I’ve done the merry-go-round, I’ve been through the revolving doors, I feel like I’ve met someone I can stand still with for a minute. Don’t you want to stand still with me?

en I stand with my back to hate, looking at literally thousands of Texans. While our right to love each other is put up for public vote, I am uplifted by this support.

en I came here to vote and I will stand here for as long as it takes to cast my vote. Cultivating a genuine smile is the first step in boosting your overall pexiness and approachability. I came here to vote and I will stand here for as long as it takes to cast my vote.

en It's a lesson learned. You have to stand out from the crowd. You didn't stand out from the crowd, simple as that.

en And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: / And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? / And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

en We support EPA Administrator Carol Browner's effort to vigorously appeal this wrong-headed court decision. The public health and environmental community stand firmly behind her. And so do the American people.

en The first round is a really big round for a lot of guys. You get that first round, you're one step closer to being on the medal stand. Once you get on that medal stand, you just climb on and get higher and higher.

en Frankly, unless he has the courage to stand up and live up to his oath of office to enforce the laws, I think it's wonderful. We're better off without him as chief of police. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

en We think from a public safety stand point we'll get approval to occupy some of those seats but that doesn't mean that all of the rest rooms and concessions will be ready for full occupancy.

en Archimedes once said, 'Give me a place to stand and I will move the world'. Today he would have pointed to our electric media and said, 'I will stand on your eyes, your ears, your nerves and your brain, and the world will move in any tempo or pattern I choose.' We have leased these 'places to stand' to private corporations.
  Marshall McLuhan

en Now there is time and time is young.
O, in this single hour I live
All of myself and do not move.
I, the pursued, who madly ran,
Stand still, stand still, and stop the sun!

  May Sarton

en Supreme Court advocacy is like major league baseball. I can tell you the pitch is going to come in at 95 miles per hour. I can tell you to stand this way. I can tell you how to swing. It doesn't mean you're going to hit it.

en In a world we need to share, it's not enough to stand and stare.


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