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  • Art needs to stand for something.

    "Ai Weiwei: 'China's art world does not exist'". www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2012.
  • Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.

    Yesterday   Nuts   Today  
    David Icke (1998). “The Biggest Secret”, David Icke Books
  • There is no more a 'political middle' than there is a family in America with 2.3 children. People with opinions take sides. Contrary to what you've heard, it's actually more important to stand for something than it is for everybody to 'just get along'.

    "Top Secret Interview Exposed!". Interview, www.anncoulter.com. July 5, 2006.
  • The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world.

    Hope   Believe   America  
  • Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

    Peter Marshall (1949). “Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D.: At the Opening of the Daily Sessions of the Senate of the United States During the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congress 1947-1949”
  • People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different.

    Book   Mean   Years  
  • It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.

    The Boston Globe, June 03, 2006.
  • The Democrats were in the majority in the U.S. Senate when we voted for the Iraq war and passed the U.S. Patriot Act. It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.

    War   Iraq   Majority  
    The Boston Globe, March 06, 2006.
  • I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

  • Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.

  • Kids these days are kind of going back to Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg as examples of people that stand for something.

    Kids   People   Example  
    PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. 1997.
  • Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.

    Country   Mean   America  
  • Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

  • But it's me taking a stand for something that means something. And it's for the fighters who are up and coming. It's sort of the same stance Martin Luther King and Malcolm X made, so we could have freedoms, so everybody could tell the world that we're equal. The only thing I'm saying is that we are equal. So if you're not on nothing and I'm not on nothing, then let's go take the test. That's all I'm saying.

    Kings   Mean   World  
  • You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.

    Source: www.pbs.org
  • People have the idea that an image must stand for something else, that the real meaning needs to be described with language. Instead it is the image itself that is the meaning.

    Art   Real   Ideas  
  • If you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing.

  • I believe that the purpose of life is to glorify God.

    Believe   Scary   Purpose  
    "Evangelicals Face New Division: Global Warming". "All Things Considered" with Debbie Elliott, www.npr.org. March 25, 2007.
  • The best way to be missed when you're gone is to stand for something when you're here.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

    Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.279, Simon and Schuster
  • It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values.

    "Ice-cream icon Jerry Greenfield shares his top tips for business startups". Interview with Matthew Jenkin, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2013.
  • Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.

    Add   Earth   Bigger  
    Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors”, p.7, Beacon Press
  • To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of direction. You need a commitment to something bigger and more important than yourself. You need to feel that your life stands for something, that you are somehow making a valuable contribution to your world.

    Brian Tracy (2011). “Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden”, p.29, Simon and Schuster
  • In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself.

  • If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

  • You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • You have to stand for something or you fall for everything.

    Source: www.pbs.org
  • The sky is falling, the wind is calling Stand for something, or die in the morning

    Morning   Rap   Fall  
    FaceBook post by Kendrick Lamar from Nov 07, 2012
  • If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • If I've learned any one lesson from life, it's this: If you don't stand for something, you will stand for anything.

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