#stand up

A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#empty #fact #feelings #first #like

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#even #get #great #heat #i

A lot of people my age think stand up sucks. ↗

— Aziz Ansari

#lot #people #stand #stand up #sucks

And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it, but I mean obviously, the two evident and easy ones being Gandhi and Cry Freedom, there are things which I do care about very much and which I would like to stand up and be counted. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

#being #boring #care #certain #certain things

I loved Veronica right off the bat. She was so strong and I think it is so important because there are so few shows that portray women, especially young women, as being strong and being able to stand up for themselves. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#bat #because #being #being strong #especially

The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up. ↗

— Jack Dee

#ago #autobiography #back #book #called

I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets? ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#behave #behind #closed #corsets #differently

The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#again #agenda #defend #detailed #expediency

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#counted #feel #more #powerful #rights

The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#any #big #big fan #count #crazy