Be one of the crowd? It went against everything a wizard stood for, and a wizard would not stand for anything if he could sit down for it, but even sitting down, you had to stand out.
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Related It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for on... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY They wanted us to sit down, but there wasn't a place to sit down. The place was so small you could s... CASSANDRA WILSON If you don't know what you stand for you will sit down. JEFFREY BENJAMIN If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... How many more of us are faking the facade? How many more of us are pretending to be something we're ... KATIE MCGARRY Tell me of this Wizard Howl of yours". Sophie's teeth chattered but she said proudly, "He's the best... DIANA WYNNE JONES Love what you stand for, or sit down. SCOTTIE SOMERS I had to go down and curl into a little ball. I couldn't stand up, I couldn't eat anything. It was t... BRANDT IZUMO There's only one thing I know for certain anymore." He turned, his eyes a clear black. "That I would... BECCA FITZPATRICK She is as humble and down to earth as you could ask for. She's never one that wants to stand out. BARKSDALE THOMPSON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON It'a okay to take some break from the crucible steep of stairs that you want to try to achieve, as l... LAURE96 If you won't stand up against those who tear us apart with their lies, hate, and bigotry, expect to ... DASHANNE STOKES If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. PETER MARSHALL It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best ... PROVERB It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best ... INDIAN PROVERB If you stand for something you will have people for you and people against you. But if you stand for... MAURICE SAATCHI Do not be afraid of failure, it is part of the learning process SOTONYE ANGA Take a stand; go for the right choice. Don't just sit for anything; stand for something. Be specific... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR We embrace his call for this stand down and hopefully it will provide some good results. There will ... CHRIS HAMILTON When Justin comes home he would not even sit down and have a sandwich that he doesn't say a blessing... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE I say--I've thought of a good plot for a detective story." "Really?" "Top--hole. You know,... DOROTHY L. SAYERS You could not keep Michael down, ... He might be down and out for a little while, but if you gave hi... DANIEL HERBERT When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it y... BERYL BAINBRIDGE Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone. ROY BENNETT I wish that for just one time / you could stand inside my shoes / and just for that one moment / I c... BOB DYLAN Speak your mind! Stand for what you believe, even if it means to stand alone!... PHILIP T. M. Offend Dobby!” choked the elf. “Dobby has never been asked to sit down by a wizard — li... J.K. ROWLING I might resume the habit of going to church if the preacher would be honest enough to stand up some ... HEYWOOD C. BROUN He’d always felt he had a right to exist as a wizard in the same way that you couldn’t do proper... TERRY PRATCHETT When he had a scene, we would stand like a set away and watch, and we were just cracking up. He woul... REESE WITHERSPOON If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything... BONNIE HUNT Have & Have Not SAVAN SOLANKI The best posture you can adopt when pursuing your goals is neither to stand nor sit. The best positi... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country ... LAMAR ALEXANDER What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA You know something is wrong when you are known for what you are against, instead of what you are for... JADE HAJJ It was hard for me to sit down and not be vocal. (But) down the stretch, I thought they did a nice j... GREG HEBDEN Tell me about this Wizard Howl of yours." "He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If ... DIANA WYNNE JONES You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against. LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON Be the one to stand out in the crowd. JOEL OSTEEN If you've ever seen any war coverage when everything is green, that's what it looked like. I went in... KRIS HELTON I guess he had some emotions he wanted to get off his chest. He was just skipping down the Yellow Br... DELONTE WEST History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It literally went down to every single vote. No one was indifferent. You were either for it or again... KATHY FOSTER Have you made up your mind? I decided that I would regret it for the rest of my life if I did not st... CAROLE JAMES When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, bu... SUSANA MARTINEZ If something were to happen, anything, whether it's something nefarious or a fire or power outage, w... KRIS SIGFRIDSON This is the week for the big boys to stand up, and for the little boys to sit down. I hope I'm stand... DANA QUIGLEY If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him!If he pays you wages that supply you your bread ... ELBERT HUBBARD Stand up for what is right, even if you stand alone. SUZY KASSEM Ants can carry twenty times their own body weight, which is useful information if you're moving out ... RON DARIAN The man I am today it's not the man of yesterday CHRISTOPHER FUDGE is a broken man an outlaw?" "More or less." Brienne answered. Septon Meribald ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The summer sun continued to rise in the sky and propel shocks of heat down on the city and the heavy... HUBERT SELBY JR. If you dont stand for something you fall for everything. MALCOLM X Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard. IAN HART When a poet settled down to write a poem, could he foresee the lines he would write? Did his head co... ALYSHA SPEER I'm not an Emontional, but how??? I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has... DEYTH BANGER You could definitely hear in his voice that he was sorry for what he did and he expressed that he ha... JARED DUDLEY Everybody is standing, but you must stand out. Everybody is breaking grounds; but you mus... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR He said: 'Could you kindly sit down for a minute?' ... I said, 'Why, am I sick?' He said, 'You're go... JOE BUGEL It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems ... NICHOLAS SPARKS My grandmother used to cook for eight every day - sitting down lunches and dinner, the way you do it... CARRIE ANN INABA The 'Wizard of Oz' has many layers to it and has sentimental value for many adults. IRENE GILLIES I'm a what?" gasped Harry. "A wizard, o' course," said Hagrid, sitting back down on the s... J.K. ROWLING No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion. ROBERT PEEL I love sitting through long things. I mean, 'Gone With the Wind' I will sit through; I love ... ANDRE LEON TALLEY I can be a stupid girl inside of a crazy woman at times over you. If I weren’t, you should be worr... CRYSTAL WOODS When the buzzer went off I had to sit down, because everything was a blur. CHANITA OLDS If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles in the
backside, you wouldn't be ... UNKNOWN For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA Be the one to stand out in the crowd, Be the one to go where they’d rather not. Beautifu... CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. STEVE BARTKOWSKI If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. GORDON A. EADIE If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. ANONYMOUS If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. MALCOLM X If you will stand for religion, you will fall for anything. RAIN BOJANGLES Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down for the good times But a... WILL SMITH If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember th... THOMAS J. WATSON I knew everything happened for a reason. I just wished the reason would hurry up and make itself kno... CHRISTINA LAUREN Being doped is a pleasure you pay for. There was always opium there for the people -- in the end it ... ERNST BLOCH If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then deci... BRIAN CLOUGH Well – I don’ like sayin’ the name if I can help it. No one does.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘Gulpin�... J.K. ROWLING When you stand for something, you've got to stand for it all the way, not half way. KEVIN GATES If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do? MIRANDA LAMBERT Everything went against us early, but the kids did a great job. It was just back and forth. They had... JOEY HAWKINS It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always i... JOHN OLIVER I want to stand for something, and it's probably going to be something that some people stand ag... BLAKE SHELTON So You Want To Be A Wizard? DIANE DUANE “A Leader Must Stand Up For His Team Even When He Has to Stand Alone” FARSHAD ASL If you don't stand up for something, you may fall for anything. LES BROWN Even if it was close, it would go down as a win for the mayor. He still has the magic touch. FLOYD CIRULI If God is for you, nothing can stand against you SUNDAY ADELAJA We're doing OK, I guess, ... But if one of us went down, not many people outside our team would even... BRIAN FINNERAN Our deck is like the family room. But if you wanted to enjoy everything Tim has done down there, you... LESLIE MALONEY He was antsy before we went out and couldn't hardly sit still. But for the first time out, he had so... BRIAN WALKER We take this very seriously, it's prohibited, the commissioner will not stand for it, it's reprehens... LARRY LANGFORD Do you mean to tell me’, he growled a the Dursleys, ‘that this boy- this boy! - knows nothin’ ... J.K. ROWLING Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone... C.M.
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It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken. TERRY PRATCHETT I saved a man's life once," said Granny. "Special medicine, twice a day. Boiled water with a bit of ... TERRY PRATCHETT The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valle... TERRY PRATCHETT She had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their ... TERRY PRATCHETT His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability wh... TERRY PRATCHETT Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded ... TERRY PRATCHETT Maurice watched them argue again. Humans, eh? Think they're lords of creation. Not like us cats. We ... TERRY PRATCHETT The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last ... TERRY PRATCHETT Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page. TERRY PRATCHETT Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect. TERRY PRATCHETT The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes af... TERRY PRATCHETT Seven hundred thousand people who have dementia in this country are not heard. I'm fortunate; I ... TERRY PRATCHETT It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying iso... TERRY PRATCHETT Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be ... TERRY PRATCHETT Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantasti... TERRY PRATCHETT Rincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. The difference is, when yo... TERRY PRATCHETT The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf ... TERRY PRATCHETT Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves ar... TERRY PRATCHETT "Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary... TERRY PRATCHETT A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. TERRY PRATCHETT Sham Harga had run a succesful eatery for many years by always smiling, never extending credit, and ... TERRY PRATCHETT It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If ... TERRY PRATCHETT It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence coul... TERRY PRATCHETT An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs ... TERRY PRATCHETT A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. TERRY PRATCHETT Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate... TERRY PRATCHETT The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then... TERRY PRATCHETT For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) ... TERRY PRATCHETT Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his l... TERRY PRATCHETT In the begining there was nothing, and it exploded. TERRY PRATCHETT Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off. TERRY PRATCHETT The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. TERRY PRATCHETT God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which migh... TERRY PRATCHETT