They Stood Quotes
37 They Stood quotes by 34 unique authors
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They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it…
— Ray Bradbury
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We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way…
— Lilly Ledbetter
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Working-girls, in pairs and groups and swarms, loitered by these windows, choosing their future boudoirs from some resplendent display which included even a man's silk…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they…
— Jesse Helms
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We stand, when we are young, on the sunny slope among the pines, and look across an unknown country to the mountains. There are clouds,…
— Amy Carmichael
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Bayle, when writing on "Comets," discovered this; for having collected many things applicable to his work, as they stood quoted in some modern writers, when…
— Isaac D'Israeli
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Here was my first lesson on the resolutely maintained untidiness and ill-health of the English upper orders. In baggy evening dress and old before their…
— Clive James
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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…
— John Major
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Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they…
— Betty Ford
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I think Supernatural is the last WB show that's still on the air. It came from The WB and transitioned to The CW. I've been…
— J. Robbins
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My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer.
— Scott Walker
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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They stood brow to brow, brown to white, black to black, he supporting her elbows, she playing her limp light fingers over his collarbone, and…
— Vladimir Mayakovsky
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Under cover of her silence he pressed her arm closely to his side; and, as they stood at the hotel door, he felt that they…
— James Joyce
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The books and magazines streamed in. He could buy them all, they piled up around him and even while he read, the number of those…
— Thomas Mann
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People were standing up everywhere shouting, "This is me! This is me!" Every time you looked at them they stood up and told you who…
— Philip Roth
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Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.
— John Milton
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Was the majority right when they stood by while Jesus was crucified? Was the majority right when they refused to believe that the earth moved…
— Henrik Ibsen
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They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm…
— Toni Morrison
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For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees. They…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Fighting positions, please, ladies...' 'That's debatable,' Halt said in an undertone to Will as they stood watching... 'The 'fighting' part or the 'ladies' part?' Will…
— John Flanagan
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Without stopping kissing her, he swept her up into his arms. They stood in the motel lobby kissing until someone called, "Get a room." Donia…
— Melissa Marr
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They stood there for a while, not saying anything. Then Eli said: 'Do you want to come in?' Oskar didn't reply. Eli pulled on her…
— John Ajvide Lindqvist
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Then, as they stood there, struggling back and forth without avail, Eragon said in a low fierce voice, "I...see...you." A bright spark appeared in Arya's…
— Christopher Paolini
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