#stand up

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#guess #i #just #pianist #rather

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material. ↗

— Alan Ladd

#flood #material #nobody #stand #stand up

When I am in the Scottish Parliament chamber, I often feel the need to sit for the entire debate. It's only courteous to listen to what everyone has to say, although I often find myself desperate to say something but too scared to stand up in case I regret it. ↗

— Margo MacDonald

#am #case #chamber #courteous #debate

To stand up on the stage is to say to many people: Look at me. How can you do that without speaking the only truth you know? There is no such thing as an uncommitted actor. ↗

— Judith Malina

#how #know #look #many #me

And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#course #had #i #jobs #made

Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some people and if they laugh, they laugh right away. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#because #fun #funny #go #i

When you flop, that's just another message that you don't know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#flop #how #just #know #like

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#george #george bush #necessary #only #right

As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#acting #comedy #express #feelings #fit

I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, 'I'd like to star in the play.' ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#actress #been #ever #had #i